Domestic solid waste management practices and their determinant factors in Bule Hora town, southern Oromia, Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Poor solid waste management occurs when household owners fail to properly segregate, store, and dispose of waste at unauthorized dumping sites or in open fields throughout the town. This negligence leads to environmental pollution, water contamination, and adverse health effects in developing urban areas. The 3Rs (reduce, reuse, and recycle) are fundamental principle in solid waste management. They aim to minimize waste by decreasing resource consumption (reduce), encouraging the repeated use of items (reuse), and transforming waste into new products or energy (recycle). Therefore, this study aims to evaluate domestic solid waste management practices and their determining factors in Bule Hora town.

Methods

A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in

SUBMITTER: Roba H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12406553 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature