In many developing African cities, municipalities' incapability to handle the growing amount of waste produced is becoming a worrisome concern. When solid waste management practices are outlined in terms of their sources, generation rate, transport capacity, transfer, and physical composition, they may be effective. The lack of timely information about waste generation, composition, environmental effectiveness, and community involvement in the solid waste management system in Freetown has been identified as a serious impediment to the long-term management of municipal solid waste practices. An evaluation of the difficulties of municipal solid waste management in the Freetown Western Area was conducted in this study by looking at environmental effectiveness and community participation. The Freetown Solid Waste Management (FSWM) was evaluated using a conceptual model of environmental effectiveness proposed by Kütting to see how ecologically efficient it is at ameliorating the horrible environmental impacts of solid waste. The study discovered that the current solid waste management system does not enhance environmental effectiveness and has a negative impact on the community. Inability to sufficiently separate waste at the source, and reduces the amount for final disposal implies a lack of community participation, environmental effectiveness, and institutional control of municipal solid waste handling. This analysis revealed that Freetown practices the least favoured option in the waste management hierarchy. That is, the first and best practice is to dispose of waste in waste dumps. The authors strongly recommend that the approach to these determinants focus on how solid waste is treated, rather than how waste is simply removed for final disposal.
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