The reality of solid waste management in Iraq and ways of development
Solid waste management operations are collecting, transportation, and disposal of residential, commercial, institutional, construction, demolition, and wide street areas; the result of the daily activity of humans needs to be properly managed. Iraq faces many problems associated with its unreg...
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Tikrit University
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | http://dx.doi.org/10.25130/tjes.28.3.01 https://doaj.org/article/1e116fba42134a4582cee73dcde192c2 |
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| Sumario: | Solid waste management operations are collecting, transportation, and disposal
of residential, commercial, institutional, construction, demolition, and wide
street areas; the result of the daily activity of humans needs to be properly
managed. Iraq faces many problems associated with its unregulated solid waste
systems. First, however, this study examined the reality of solid waste
management in Iraq and ways to develop it. The total number of participants in
this research was 326 participants .The data collected in February and March
2021, interview methodology and questionnaire which used, and the analysis
software used for this research is IBM SPSS version 23; the two methodologies
were used and combined to reach the largest possible amount of qualitative and
quantitative information that may be absent from the researcher and to reach
good results and outputs for the research, for reasons including obtaining more
and deeper information to reach the largest segment of society and to achieve the
goals of the thesis and obtain good results by integrating the two methodologies.
The study concluded by analyzing the data, The municipality’s weak role and
the lack of regular timetables in organizing waste collection and transportation
operations, and 64% agreed that there are not sorting of waste from the source;
also, the lack of cooperation and coordination between the public and the
municipality, 39% agreed that most municipalities do not have healthy and
environmentally safe landfills for waste disposal, 33% strongly agreed that there
are no appropriate policies and laws that enhance the effectiveness of solid waste
management, 49% strongly agreed that residents are ready to sort the waste in
the designated place in case the municipality provides the containers, 53%
agreed that residents are willing to pay for collecting waste from their homes or
stores. After analyzing the study results, Iraq needs stations for sorting and
transporting waste and stations for recycling plastic, paper and metals. Also,
there is a need for sanitary landfills compatible with environmental conditions,
and the municipality should play a greater role and give the private sector a
greater role in the solid waste management process and overcome obstacles that
hinder the work of investment companies, in addition to raising community
awareness through holding educational workshops. For example, in schools and
universities to spread environmental awareness in the community. |
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