Towards safe waste disposal sites: Examining the siting processes and social - environmental impacts of dumpsites in Dar es Salaam city, Tanzania

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Historically, landfills have been the dominant alternative for final disposal of municipal solid waste. The method has been regarded as the most economically and environmentally acceptable option for solid waste disposal in both developed and developing countries. However, rapid urbanisation coupled with uncontrolled urban expansion for the countries in the south, presents a tremendous challenge to urban managers and planners to contain an enormous increase of solid waste generated within the urban setting given limited available land. The increasing awareness on the adverse impacts that are caused by unsanitary landfills has raised the quest for urban authorities to ensure that waste disposal facilities are sited in areas, which are environmentally and socially acceptable and yet cost effective. This has become an increasing concern of various stakeholders in the waste management system on one hand and the general public on the other. Dar es Salaam, like any other cities in the develo

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