Over the past five years, I have volunteered with a local youth group in Malawi (https://www.facebook.com/YED22). Among others, we committed thousands of volunteer hours, engaged local leaders, visited schools, organized waste cleanups, and initiated conversations on sustainable waste management in our community. Looking back, this is how the general waste disposal practice in our community has changed after 5 years of our efforts (Note: Nkhuti = composting pit, impact = private waste collection, and Mtsinje = open dumping).
While we are celebrating our success, we also have food for thought or a question for you all.
Here is the question: 'When we started, our assumption was that open waste dumping is practiced by households that do not have any subscription to private waste collection services nor have a waste disposal pit. With this assumption, we expected that the general reduction in the proportion of households that dispose of waste in the river or public places will translate into abandonment and/or reduction in quantities of waste that is disposed of in our communities' waste dumpsites. What do you think our assumption missed? Looking into the next five years, how do you suggest that we can change the logic behind our voluntary work to actually make a more tangible impact in our community?
https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s12889-021-12274-7.pdf,kindly check this link.
https://asef.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ASEFSU23_Background-Paper_Waste-Management-in-Indonesia-and-Jakarta.pdf,this link may be useful.
https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2020-10/documents/master_swmg_10-20-20_0.pdf,this link may be helpful.
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