[ PROBLEMATIQUE DE LA GESTION DES DECHETS MENAGERS DANS LA VILLE DE BUKAVU / DR CONGO : CAS SPECIFIQUE DU QUARTIER PANZI EN COMMUNE D’IBANDA ]
Volume 23, Issue 1, May 2016, Pages 98–104
Mulalisi Honoré BIRINDWA1
1 Section Agro vétérinaire, Institut Supérieur d'Etudes Agronomiques et Vétérinaires (ISEAV/ WALUNGU), Bukavu, Sud Kivu, RD Congo
Original language: French
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Bukavu, a town which currently has over one million of people, while it was built for a capacity of only 100,000 souls experiencing serious household waste management problems. We targeted the area populated by no less and in which the buildings are up to anarchic make it difficult and even complicated waste management and all kind of household waste. Household waste to the tune of 15 to over 50 kg per family are thrown into unspecified locations which often easements created by erosion. These wastes are diverse ranging from biodegradable compounds to non-biodegradable compounds. Note that in most cases occasional dumps are created based on natural pollution sources or plumbing leaks REGIDESO or low class families draw water for domestic use. The virtual absence of garbage, inadequate recycling or waste disposal, the use of well water (bizola) and the upsurge of waterborne diseases are key elements to address this issue of great significance. These puddles and garbage dumps are nests of mosquitoes and other microbes responsible for malaria and some waterborne diseases. This issue therefore aims to provide a solution to track in the household waste management in order to improve public health in the city of Bukavu.
Author Keywords: Household waste, pollution, Bizola, Panzi, Bukavu.
Volume 23, Issue 1, May 2016, Pages 98–104
Mulalisi Honoré BIRINDWA1
1 Section Agro vétérinaire, Institut Supérieur d'Etudes Agronomiques et Vétérinaires (ISEAV/ WALUNGU), Bukavu, Sud Kivu, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2016 ISSR Journals. 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.
Abstract
Bukavu, a town which currently has over one million of people, while it was built for a capacity of only 100,000 souls experiencing serious household waste management problems. We targeted the area populated by no less and in which the buildings are up to anarchic make it difficult and even complicated waste management and all kind of household waste. Household waste to the tune of 15 to over 50 kg per family are thrown into unspecified locations which often easements created by erosion. These wastes are diverse ranging from biodegradable compounds to non-biodegradable compounds. Note that in most cases occasional dumps are created based on natural pollution sources or plumbing leaks REGIDESO or low class families draw water for domestic use. The virtual absence of garbage, inadequate recycling or waste disposal, the use of well water (bizola) and the upsurge of waterborne diseases are key elements to address this issue of great significance. These puddles and garbage dumps are nests of mosquitoes and other microbes responsible for malaria and some waterborne diseases. This issue therefore aims to provide a solution to track in the household waste management in order to improve public health in the city of Bukavu.
Author Keywords: Household waste, pollution, Bizola, Panzi, Bukavu.
Abstract: (french)
Bukavu, une ville qui compte actuellement plus d’un million d’habitants alors qu’il était construit pour une capacité d’accueil de seulement 100.000 âmes connait des sérieux problèmes de gestion des déchets ménagers. Nous avons ciblé le quartier peuplé de non moindre et dans lequel les constructions sont anarchiques jusqu'à rendre difficile et même compliqué la gestion des ordures et toutes sorte de déchets ménagers. Des déchets ménagers à hauteur de 15 à plus de 50 kg par famille sont jetés dans des endroits non déterminés dont souvent les servitudes créées par les érosions. Ces déchets sont de nature diverse allant des composés biodégradables aux composés non biodégradables. Signalons que dans la plupart de cas les dépotoirs occasionnels crées sont à la base de pollution sur des sources naturelles ou des fuites de tuyauterie de la REGIDESO ou des familles de basse classe puisent de l’eau d’usage domestique. La quasi-inexistence des poubelles, l’insuffisance du recyclage ou la destruction des déchets, l’usage d’eau des puits (bizola) et la recrudescence des maladies hydriques sont des éléments déterminants pour faire face à cette question de grande portée. Ces flaques d’eau et dépotoirs constituent des nids de développement des moustiques et autres microbes responsables du paludisme et certaines maladies hydriques. Cette problématique vise donc à apporter une piste de solution dans la gestion des déchets ménagers en vue d’améliorer la santé publique dans la ville de Bukavu.
Author Keywords: Déchets ménagers, pollution, Bizola, Panzi, Bukavu.
How to Cite this Article
Mulalisi Honoré BIRINDWA, “PROBLEM OF HOUSEHOLD WASTE MANAGEMENT IN THE BUKAVU TOWN / DR CONGO : SPECIFIC CASE OF PANZI AREA IN IBANDA COMMUNE,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 98–104, May 2016.
