7.0 WASTE MANAGEMENT STANDARDS

Alarming soil pollution by hazardous materials with disastrous known effects has been experienced in Uganda and was identified by the NEAP process to be present at Kasese (cobaltiferrous dump) and Tororo (asbestos dump)
and in both cases injudicious waste disposal was the cause.

Waste management remains a problem in Uganda and statistics on the subject are inadequate; however waste dumping is predominant and hazardous materials find their way into the dumping sites. What comes to mind about this quality of waste management therefore, is the stench, the kaveera (polythene bags) and paper littering all the dumping sites with rat infestation and scavenger birds and animals living around the waste dumps, from which oozes out a corrosive leachate heading to the nearest stream. Both the local authorities and the private sector that render the service are responsible for this situation.

In order to protect human health and the environment it is necessary to institute proper management of this activity.