Pinnacle Environemtal & Earth Sciences
(ISSN: 2360-9478)
December 2015, Vol.2 (3).
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Research Article
Domestic Solid Wastes Production and Containers Application in Temporary Storage in Khartoum State, Sudan
Nagat O. M. Elbaroudi1*,
Salih E. M. Ahmed2, Eltayeb E.A. Adam3
College of Architecture and Planning1,2,3
Accepted 29 May, 2015; Available Online 11 June, 2015
One of
the most pressing ecological issue in Khartoum State
is domestic waste material storage with the absence
or improper treatment of daily produced solid wastes
from households in the state. This matter hasn`t
been resolved in Sudan with providing the proper
solutions addressing establishment of waste storage
system through variable types of waste containers.
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Sudan University of Science and Technology,
Khartoum, Sudan.
Abstract:
The main outcomes of this study are the revelation
of the nature of domestic waste materials and
containers used at household level which is the most
important stage in waste management and
systemization of the proper handling of domestic
waste products.
This study was conducted with the aim of studying
the nature of current domestic solid waste produced
and containers used at house-hold level in Khartoum
State, as well as studying the current system of
waste storage containers through the sources of
secondary data, covering the different locations in
its three provinces.
The methodology of this research is based on a field
research questionnaire in addition to field visits
and visual inspections of current situation of
processing the domestic waste materials inside and
outside houses and they were distributed in the
targeted quarters. The results were analyzed and
discussed accordingly using Statistical Package for
Social Science (SPSS) program.
It has been found that, the organic nature of
domestic waste materials produced in Khartoum State
is dominant and containers used for temporary
storage of domestic waste materials at house hold
levels is through plastic bags.