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Factual data on solid waste management in Greater Lomé in Togo: Elements of urban governance.

Efui Holaly GBEKLEY
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Leslie Bertha MOULOUNGUI KUSSU
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Elzame Inès EKPAWOU
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Abla Sika Hanou GBEKLEY
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Ayayivi Mensah Mensah AYIVIGAN
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Fodoh Clefasse KOULA
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Abdourahamane Aissa ALI
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Djiwonou Koffi ADJALO
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Messan VIMENYON
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Pèssiezoum ADJOUSSI
Version 1 : Received: 20 August 2023 / Approved: 22 August 2023 / Online: 23 August 2023 (07:46:13 CEST)

How to cite: GBEKLEY, E.H.; MOULOUNGUI KUSSU, L.B.; EKPAWOU, E.I.; GBEKLEY, A.S.H.; Mensah AYIVIGAN, A.M.; KOULA, F.C.; ALI, A.A.; ADJALO, D.K.; VIMENYON, M.; ADJOUSSI, P. Factual data on solid waste management in Greater Lomé in Togo: Elements of urban governance.. Preprints 2023, 2023081619. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.1619.v1 GBEKLEY, E.H.; MOULOUNGUI KUSSU, L.B.; EKPAWOU, E.I.; GBEKLEY, A.S.H.; Mensah AYIVIGAN, A.M.; KOULA, F.C.; ALI, A.A.; ADJALO, D.K.; VIMENYON, M.; ADJOUSSI, P. Factual data on solid waste management in Greater Lomé in Togo: Elements of urban governance.. Preprints 2023, 2023081619. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.1619.v1

Abstract

Background: Waste management is one of the challenges facing cities around the world. In Africa, where the increase in the urban population and the growing demand for consumer goods are driving up the rate of waste production, waste collection and disposal are posing serious problems, not only for municipal and central government officials, but also and above all for the local population. In Togo, and more specifically in the city of Lomé and the surrounding area (Greater Lomé), as in other African cities, the average annual production is estimated at 305340 tonnes, of which 89428 tonnes are collected and buried, giving a collection rate of 29.29%. A tiny proportion of the waste collected (9,000 tonnes, or 2.95%) is recycled as compost by associations and/or NGOs. The three key players who share this task are the local authority, the formal sector and the informal sector. Objective: The aim of this study is to assess the current state of waste management in Greater Lomé, which poses a major threat to public health, socio-economic development and the environment. Material and methods: To this end, documentary research and surveys carried out on two types of waste management stakeholder, namely formal and informal, in the five districts of Greater Lomé enabled us to make a general diagnosis. Results: However, despite the efforts made by the stakeholders involved in waste management, it appears that the transformation of solid household waste into compost remains the most suitable endogenous method for recovering fermentable waste and returning it to the soil, in order to improve the organization of waste management in the city of Lomé, reduce the quantity of waste to be landfilled and clean up the city. KEYWORDS: Urban waste, management, composting, collection, treatment, autonomous district of Greater Lomé.

Keywords

Déchets urbains; Gestion; Compostage; Traitement; autonomous district of greater Lomé

Subject

Biology and Life Sciences, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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