Characterisation and management of solid household waste in the municipality of Ziniaré, Burkina Faso

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Résumé

Solid household waste management is a major concern for the commune of
Ziniar?. It is faced with a significant increase in waste due to its strong
demographic growth and proximity to the capital Ouagadougou. The
municipality is faced with the abandonment of waste collected by operators
in abandoned quarries or waterways, the proliferation of illegal dumps in
the town and the absence of a treatment and recovery system. Yet waste
management is only sustainable if we have precise knowledge of the types of
waste produced. Hence the need to analyze the characteristics of the waste
generated in the commune of Ziniar?, the subject of this study. The
methodology consisted in collecting quantitative and qualitative data,
combined with direct observation in the field; collecting waste in the
various sectors of the town and characterizing it according to the 13 main
categories listed by ADEME in the MODECOM and taken up in the French
standard XP X 30-408. The results of the study show that household solid
waste (HSW) management is of little interest to the main players, i.e. the
municipality, the pre-collection associations and the households
them-selves. The types of waste produced in the town of Ziniar? are mainly
fine materials (52%), plastic waste (12%), complexe (9%), paper (6%),
miscelleneous inerts (4%) and fermentable waste (3%). This inventory enables
us to define a HSW management strategy and create the conditions for
improving the living environment of the population.

Mots-clés

Municipal solid waste, Abandonment (legal), Solid waste management, Business, Household waste, Population, Capital city, Environmental planning, Waste collection, Waste management, Geography, Engineering, Environmental health