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http://www.imc.go.tz/2/index.php/component/content/article/34-solid-waste-management/50-solid-
waste-management. Accessed on 23rd October , 2013 at 14:05hrs
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http://www.imc.go.tz/2/index.php/component/content/article/34-solid-waste-management/50-solid-
waste-management. Accessed on 23rd October , 2013 at 14:10hrs
10 Basel Convention on the Control of Trans-boundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their
Disposal and
Bamako Convention on Ban of the Import into Africa and the Control of Trans-boundary Movements of
Hazardous Wastes within Africa are example of International Conventions
11 Environmental Management Act[Act no.20 of 2004] and Public Health Act[Act no. of 2009] are
example of domestic legislation
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Bell, S. and Donald, M. (2008), Environmental Law, 7th Edition, London: Oxford University Press ,pg.632
13 This Day; The voice of Transparency 1st March 2010
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1.3. Objectives of the Study

1.3.1 General Objective of the Study

The research aimed at making an examination of the law and practice in entire role of
the government, its agencies, community and the Non-Governmental Organisations
(NGO’s) in management of the solid waste in the urban areas with the focus on the legal
mandate vested to them and the practice thereto.

1.3.2 Specific Objectives

i. To examine the laws on whether they cater the need for the community in solid
waste management in urban areas.
ii. To examine the practice as whether it complies with the legal framework on the
solid waste management in urban areas.
iii. To explore the role of the community and other stakeholders in management of
solid waste in urban areas.

1.4 Significance of the Study

This Research is significant as it afford the adequate knowledge and understanding on

the laws that governs solid waste management and the practice thereto particularly in the
urban areas, which acquaint the law enforcers and other environment stakeholders on a
need to revisit the law where necessary and to resort into the best practice for the proper
management of solid waste in the urban areas.

The study is as well significant as it assess the role of the private sector, Non-
Governmental Organisations (NGO’s) and the informal sector and reveal the need for
capacity building so as to strengthen their ability to minimise solid waste in the urban
areas and at the same time providing social and economic benefits to communities in
urban areas.

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Also, this work is momentous to the legislators in the sense that it lay a foundation in
making the laws and by laws which are logical, reasonable and relevant to the
community needs and dynamics as it endow enough knowledge on the weakness and
the challenges facing the legal framework on solid waste management particularly in
urban areas where the problem seems more apprehensive.

Moreover, the study is obliging to the urban councils in particular Ilala Municipal
Council as it bestow the opportunities for innovative and integrated approach for
sustainable solid waste management as it effectively address local conditions
pertaining to solid waste management such as institutional framework, technical and
human capacities, socio-political situation and waste characteristics.

1.5 Research Questions

i. Is the legal framework for solid waste management in urban areas sufficient?
ii. What is the practice in solid waste management in urban areas vis-à-vis legal
framework?
iii. Are the community members and other stakeholders active on solid waste
management?

1.6 Literature Review