A Survey of Waste Management Analysis in Afghanistan
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https://doi.org/10.55544/ijrah.3.1.14Keywords:
waste management, Afghanistan, waste collection, transportation, segregation, recycle, disposalAbstract
Sharp increases in the rate of social and economic factors, has increased the rate of urbanization in most of cities around the world. This global phenomenon is one of the primary reasons for waste generation cities. The basic purpose of this descriptive study is, to analyze and identify waste management problems in Kandahar city, and propose decent solutions. The study is based on primary and secondary data, which were collected through a structure questionnaire, interview and other tools of data collection. The data were analyzed with the help of various means of descriptive statistic. The finding shows that that people are not satisfied with current waste management services. The study suggests that municipality should improve the design and number of trash bins, increase the number of tracks hire more employees, hire a team of evaluation, set up modern technology and improve research skills.
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