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The
Management, Practice and Environmental Health Implications of the
Municipal Solid Waste Dump Site in Alice, South Africa.
Remigios
V. Mangizvo1, Dr. Mupindu Wiseman2
1Fort
Hare Institute of Social and Economic Research (FHISER) P.O. Box 7426,
East London. Email:
rvmangizvo@gmail.com; Tel: 0747429113.
2Faculty
of Management and Commerce, Department of Public Administration, Private
Bag X1314, Alice, 5700, South Africa, Email:
wisepindu@yahoo.co.uk; Tel:
0792424606.
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Accepted:
9 August, 2012 |
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South African
municipalities are known to have engineered landfills and to have
specific regulations and guide lines of managing them building from
the national and provincial legislative framework. Despite the
presence of these conditions the municipalities experience several
challenges in managing their landfills. This study therefore, wanted
to examine the management of the solid waste disposal site in Alice,
a town in South Africa. It was observed that the management of the
landfill does not meet the Minimum Requirements set by the
Department of Water Affairs. There is co-disposal of municipal,
hazardous and building waste at the site. The site is not guarded
and waste pickers and animals access the site any time of the day.
Municipal workers were responsible for burning waste at the site
thereby contributing to greenhouse gases. The study recommends that
the Alice community be exposed to education and awareness campaigns
on the need to minimize the amount and types of waste getting to the
site. The council should install a weighbridge to help check on the
waste that enters the site.
Keywords:
Alice, landfill, solid waste, management, impact.
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