SWOT ANALYSIS OF URBAN WASTE MANAGEMENT: A CASE STUDY OF BALANGODA SUBURB | Journal of Global......

The inability to handle trash in Sri Lankan metropolitan areas is primarily due to operational failures by accountable local waste management bodies. However, in comparison to many other sophisticated industrialised countries, Sri Lanka has limited studies on the effectiveness of municipal solid waste management systems. As a result, this research will use a strength, weakness, opportunity, and threat (SWOT) analysis to better evaluate the current state of the urban waste management system in Balangoda, Sri Lanka. The research is based on material gathered via field observations, reports, literature, community distribution of questionnaires, and a series of focus interviews with key stakeholders. According to the overall results of the SWOT analysis process, established location of the solid waste management centre, regular waste collection, establishment of waste purchasing and recycling centres, conducting strong awareness and training programmes on promoting municipal solid waste management (MSWM), waste taxation, and availability of finance could be identified as strengths, while identifying weaknesses as low waste dumping management, inefficient food waste management, and lack of finance could be identified as weaknesses. Additionally, the installation of a biogas unit within the MSWM centre, the introduction of five waste separation bins, and securing external cooperation from government and industrial associations were all identified as prospects. Furthermore, insufficient funding for environmental research, the lack of compost standards, and leachate toxification have all been identified as problems. Any municipality can use the identified SWOTs to improve and develop the future efficiency level of waste management procedures in a strategic way.

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