the impact of waste management to the health status in makeni city
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The population of other urban centres, such as Makeni, Kenema, Kono and Bo for instance, have also grown immensely, warranting the need for an effective local waste management policy and appropriate implementation structures.
The need to promote public health has now become absolutely necessary.
This problem is also manifested in the lack of proper management of domestic and industrial waste, the absence of public toilets, and the growing menace of food and water packaging dumping.
Across Sierra Leone, no city has a municipal authority that caters for such waste management, as is the case in industrialised countries where local governments have legislative responsibility and the resources to discharge their duties .
In Europe for instance, local councils are responsible for emptying dustbins, maintaining landfill sites, disposal of recyclable material and the provision of public toilets.