Public awareness on solid waste management: A case study in Al-Nassyriah City, Iraq

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmood Jamal Abdul Hasan ◽  
Marlia M. Hanafiah ◽  
Murtadha Sarhan Satchet
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Public Awareness

Municipal solid waste management in refugee hosting communities: Analysis of a case study in northern Jordan

2021 ◽  
pp. 0734242X2199465
Author(s):  
Silvia Gibellini ◽  
Hani Abu Qdais ◽  
Mentore Vaccari
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Service Level ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Syrian Crisis ◽  
Syrian Civil War ◽  
Great Pressure ◽  
Citizen Perceptions

The Syrian civil war, which broke out in 2011, caused the displacement of more than one million refugees to Jordan. Most of them settled in the Northern Govenorates of Jordan. Due to this, the local services and infrastructures of the hosting communities, in particular the solid waste management (SWM), were put under great pressure. The aim of this study is to evaluate how the off-camp refugees impacted the SWM in the Greater Irbid Municipality (GIM; in the Irbid Governorate), both quantitatively and qualitatively. Data and results obtained from the studies carried out before the Syrian crisis are compared with data collected by the authors in 2016 using similar or comparable methodologies. Moreover, local citizen perceptions of and satisfaction with the solid waste (SW) service level were assessed. A deterioration of the SWM in GIM between 2011 and 2016 was observed in terms of service performance indicators (e.g., an increase of SW collection and transportation costs by 2.5 times and of fines for improper SW disposal by 2.2 times) and of citizens’ views (a decline in SWM quality was felt by 59% of the respondents). An attempt to cope with this situation has been made in recent years with international donors mobilizing efforts and resources to enable municipalities to meet the growing demand in basic SW services. There is however, still much to be done.

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