Problems And Current Practices Of Solid Waste Management In The City Of Al-marj, Libya

Jaouda R. Jaouda Hamad and Marlia M. Hanafiah ()
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Jaouda R. Jaouda Hamad: School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor,Malaysia
Marlia M. Hanafiah: School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor,Malaysia

Journal Clean WAS (JCleanWAS), 2017, vol. 1, issue 1, 1-5

Abstract: Solid waste management is one of the most difficult environmental problems in the urban center of developing countries, where services are often grossly deficient, particularly in low-income settlements. These settlements often comprise a sizable proportion of the city’s area and population. Rapid urban growth, increasing population density, traffic congestion, air and water pollution, increasing per capita generation of solid waste, and lack of land for waste disposal contribute to the aggravation of solid waste management problems. Future demands will increase with expanding residential, commercial, and industrial sectors and increasing economic development. This paper aimed to examine the current practice of solid waste management programs in the city of Al-Marj, which is located in the central northeastern area of Libya. Various problems of wastes in past and present, waste minimization hierarchy and people attitudes and awareness towards’ waste management are defined. We found that the lack of effective relationship between various stakeholders contributes to the unsuccessful good solid waste management practices in the study area. Sustainable solid waste management in Libya can be achieved through active participation of these stakeholders.

Keywords: Solid waste; sustainable management; environmental awareness; 3R’s concept; Liby (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.26480/jcleanwas.01.2017.01.05

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