Greener Journal of Social Sciences

Greener Journal of  Social Sciences Vol. 8 (2), pp. 018-028, June 2018

  ISSN: 2276-7800 © 2018 GJSS

Research Article

Manuscript Number: 050516085

(DOI: http://doi.org/10.15580/GJSS.2018.2.050516085)

 

Community Participation, the Missing Link towards Sustainable Solid Waste Management: Lessons from Bindura Town, Zimbabwe

 

 

Rangeti I.*¹, Tendere T.¹, Guzha E.¹ and Gwisai R.D.²

 

 

^*1Practical Action Southern Africa, No. 4 Ludlow Road, Newlands, P.O. Box 1744, Harare, Zimbabwe.

²Bindura University of Science Education, Department of Environmental Science, P. Bag 1020, Bindura.

Abstract

The past decades have demonstrated the failures of top-down approaches towards waste management especially in developing countries. This has not only been attributed to technical and financial challenges, but also the low involvement of communities in service delivery. Whereas every person generates waste, they continue to be looked at as passive recipients of municipality services. Ultimately, citizens fail to recognize their role in waste management and become unwilling to either pay for service delivery or participate in clean-up campaigns. This paper reports on observation about community participation in service delivery in Bindura Town (Zimbabwe). Exploring community’s innovations, attitudes and practices in solid waste management should provide lessons to policy makers on how service delivery can be enhanced by involving citizens.

Keywords: Community participation, Bindura, solid waste management, sustainability, waste dumping, littering.

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