ASSESSMENT OF WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND CHALLENGES: A CASE OF NATIONAL ALCOHOL AND LIQUIR FACTORTYADDIS ABABA

Abstract

Wastes generated from alcohol factories, being highly polluting industrial wastes, should be managed in an environmentally safe way. But a report in Ethiopian alcohol industry shows that the wastes generated from the alcohol industries located in Addis Ababa city are collected, transported and disposed along with municipal solid wastes in open dumping area called“Koshe” or “Rapi”. This study aims to assess the waste management practice and challenges of NALF and evaluate existing waste management practices. The researcher used descriptive research approach in order to assist the decision maker in determining, evaluating, and selecting the best course of action to take in a given situation. This study used a mixed method approach using both qualitative and quantitative methods to adequately answer the proposed research questions. The study used simple random sampling to select 143 out of the 222 staff. The researcher used both primary and secondary sources of data. Structured questionnaire and interview question were given to respondents. Primary data were collected using a structured questionnaire & interview. Secondary data were also collected from books, Journals, magazines, and newspapers, websites, and documents from the concerned departments. Data processed via SPSS version 20 and presented in tables and percentages. Therefore, in order to determine the most appropriate waste management strategies, it is highly important to acquire the information concerning the process steps, from which these wastes are generated, the target product desired to be produced through these processes, and the characteristics of the wastes. NALF implementing different systems and mechanisms that would help to reduce, reuse, recover, recycle, treat and properly dispose. One of the actions observed in the dump site during data collection was that there are excellent projects to change waste to feed animals and fertilizers wastes and effluent plant treatment that the researcher would like to recommend.