Environmental Management of Solid Waste in Dhamar City

Abstract

Likewise, most of the DCs , Dhamar City has observed an increase of the rate of the population that lead to the increase of the waste mainly the solid waste as a result of inhabitants activities. This represents a real and a national problem in how to deal with these wastes in such hard present economic circumstances. The study aims at detecting the environmental reality of solid waste in the city of Dhamar, assessing the efficiency of its collection and its impact on the urban environment of the city, as well as calculating the amount of waste generated, its average density and its components in the six different sectors of the city, and ensuring that it can be recycled and reused, highlight the role of the mechanism of handling and recycling in the preservation of the environment and ensure the environmental sustainability of future generations. The study methodology includes a field work and a questioner. As a result the study shows that the accumulation of these wastes either at collection places or in the dumps has become dangerous on both: the environment and the public health. In fact, theses wastes can become an important economic resource, if properly handled, and recycled to take advantages of their components of materials and minerals.