Introduction

Due to the high use of African products and high demographics, Africa’s waste production rates are high, and a syntactic approach to waste management and management perspectives is necessary.

Waste Production in Africa: What Awareness Prevails in Sub-Saharan Africa about Waste Management? 

Garbage is any organic or inorganic waste resulting from human activities. Waste can be commercial, domestic, organic, industrial, electronic, and radioactive. The countries with the highest waste production according to WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) are: 1st USA, 2nd China, 3rd India. Sub-Saharan Africa produced around 180,000,000 tons of waste, equivalent to 9% of global waste, and of these, only 11% were dumped in landfills and received due treatment, which means that around 89% of the waste produced in Sub-Saharan Africa has not received adequate treatment, and 99% of garbage has been thrown into the open air in cities. 

Waste Production and State Regulation in Sub-saharan Africa

Between 2012 and 2016, there was a growth from 74,000,000 tons to 174,000,000 tons and it is estimated that around 269,000,000 tons will be reached in 2030, an increase in waste production by 155% in 9 years. A survey carried out in 2023 showed that in 44 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, 95% do not have regulations regarding landfills, which means that around 475,000,000 of the African population are not aware of solid waste management and garbage disposal.

Practical Solutions for Solid Waste Management in Sub-Saharan Africa

Due to the high production of waste in sub-Saharan Africa, it would be urgent, in this sense, to train and inform citizens about the importance of good waste management through regulation or regulation. Transforming the districts into centers for separating and recycling waste, and in each provincial region forming waste resale companies, this would expand the dynamics of conservation of different types of waste. Place landfills in each province and transform waste into pavers. This would transform the roads of each country into recycling monuments and would accelerate the process of transitability in Africa. Along the same path, create cleaning and solid waste management companies, allowing them to capitalize on the capacity for individualized coordination. Producing biofuels using organic waste, including feces, would be a useful way of using organic waste in an integrated way. 

Conclusion

Sub-Saharan Africa produces a lot of waste and production capacity tends to grow, in this context, demographic growth only tends to accentuate this productive capacity, and it is clear that what is largely responsible for this is the lack of storage regulation and separation of trash. It is necessary to adopt policies to raise district awareness regarding the consequences of poor waste management for public health. One of these policies is transforming districts into recycling and waste management hubs.

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