Community Waste Treatment and Disposal Options
Gana A.J, 2Tamene Adenuga & 2 Sanjeev Naval
1Department of Civil Engineering, College of Science and Engineering, Landmark University, Kwara
2Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Technology, Jimma University, Ethiopia
Email: sanjeevnaval@yahoo.com, phildebo123@gmail.com, tamene_adu2002@yahoo.com
ABSTRACT
The paper presents cost effective and appropriate technologies at rural level for proper collection and disposal of the waste generated in the houses. To separate the toilet and non toilet wastes and to improve the functioning of septic tank, an improved system; ash & silt trap chamber & ferrocement septic tank has been proposed. The technology discussed in this paper consists of a simple hand trowelling of cement rich mortar into a wire reinforced (wire mesh or check mesh) with the help of form work in layers to cast different units of superstructure, pan and pit of sanitary latrines, thus making it low cost, easy to work with avoiding heavy equipment and expansive scarce materials, minimum skill requirement (self help), labour intensive and appropriate to the rural social and economic conditions. In order to have the safe and effective disposal of the solid waste in the form of garbage and rubbish, compositing methods viz windrow, static pile & vermin composting have been highlighted.
Keywords:Solid & Liquid waste, Waste treatment, Septic Tank, Ferrocement Technology, Composting, Windrow, Static Pile, Vermin composting Garbage, Rubbish
