Assessing the Awareness, Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of the Community towards Solid Waste Disposal and Identifying the Threats and Extent of Bacteria in the Solid Waste Disposal Sites in Morogoro Municipality in Tanzania

摘要

Solid wastes comprise all the wastes arising from human and animal activities that are normally solid, discardedudas useless or unwanted materials. Health hazards associated with improper disposal of solid wastes to theudcommunity were investigated in Morogoro municipality. The aim of the project was to investigate the solidudwaste disposal practices and their health hazard implications to the community in Morogoro municipality. The study was conducted by considering several solid waste disposal sites based on three methods; observation,udquestionnaire survey and microbiological analysis. Based on observation method, several solid waste practicesudwere detected including collection of wastes using trucks, wheel barrow, carriers made from elephant grassesudand cement bags. Questionnaire survey pinpointed several diseases caused by solid wastes such as malaria,uddiarrhea, dysentery, cholera, typhoid and worm diseases from the respondents. From microbiological analysis,udseveral pathogenic bacteria were identified from the solid disposal sites. The bacteria with their frequency ofudisolation identified were: Salmonella typhimurium (16.7%), Shigella dysenteriae (16.7%), Citrobacter freundiiud(8.3%), Citrobacter amalonaticus (8.3%), Aerobacter aerogenes (8.3%), Proteus vulgaris (16.7%), Klebsiellaudoxyotoca (8.3%), Klebsiella (8.3%), E.coli (8.3%). Solid waste generated by the daily activities of the peopleudneeds to be properly managed in such a way that it minimizes the risk to the environment and human health.udInadequate collection and disposal of solid waste is a major factor in the spread of disease and environmentaluddegradation.