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Analysing structures and attitudes towards sustainable waste management in the district of Morrumbene: A Minor Field Study in the district of Morrumbene, Mozambique
KTH, School of Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE), Sustainable development, Environmental science and Engineering.
2023 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Analys av strukturer och attityder till hållbar avfallshantering i distriktet Morrumbene : En Minor Field Study i distriktet Morrumbene i Moçambique (Swedish)
Abstract [en]

This bachelor thesis was executed as a Minor Field Study (MFS) in the district of Morrumbene in Mozambique. The project was partially financed by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency and was written during the spring semester of 2023 at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. The study was made in a collaboration with the non-profit organisation Project Vita who are situated in Linga Linga, Mozambique. 

In Mozambique, the globalisation and increasing population has led to an increased waste generation, which creates a problem since waste management, due to lack of resources, is slim to none. Open dumps are used, and as they aren’t sanitary, health and environmental problems appear. Treatment of waste is only occurring in the bigger cities, which means the majority of all waste are disposed of by open dumping, incineration, thrown in nature, or buried. This project uses this as starting point, as the aim is to investigate people’s attitudes and knowledge in relation to sustainable waste management, which materials are frequently occurring in waste, as well as the waste management structure in the district. The results show the respondents of the survey have a high knowledge around issues related to waste, positive attitudes towards sustainable waste disposal, and above all strong intentions to perform sustainable waste disposal if given the possibility. For the waste management structure, the district only had waste collection within the city, one location for open dumping, and few resources to improve the waste management chain. The most frequent materials in residents waste were paper/cardboard, plastic, and glass. The conclusion is that improvements can be made through converting current open dump to a sanitary landfill, extending the waste management system to bigger parts of the district, using NGOs to educate and inform, as well as looking at ways to secure funds for implementation. 

Abstract [sv]

Det här kandidatexamensarbetet har genomförts som en Minor Field Study (MFS) i Morrumbenedistriktet i Moçambique. Projektet har delvis varit finansierat av Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete och skrevs under vårterminen 2023 på Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan i Stockholm, Sverige. Arbetet är utfört i samarbete med den icke- vinstdrivande organisationen Project Vita som har sin bas i Linga Linga, Moçambique. 

I Moçambique har globalisering och befolkningsökning lett till en ökad sopgenerering vilket skapar problem då sophanteringen på grund av brist resurser är nästintill obefintlig. Sopor dumpas på okontrollerade soptippar, så kallad ”open dumping”, med medföljande hälso- och miljöproblem då soptippen inte är sanitär. Avfallshantering implementeras endast i storstäderna vilket innebär att majoriteten av soporna läggs på hög, bränns upp, slängs i naturen eller grävs ned. Detta projekt tar avstamp mot denna bakgrund då avsikten är att undersöka människors attityder och kunskap i relation till hållbar sophantering, vilka material som mest förekommer i soporna liksom hur sophanteringsstrukturen ser ut i distriktet. Resultatet visar att de svarande på enkäten har en hög kunskapsnivå kring problem relaterade till sopor, positiva attityder inför hållbar sophantering, liksom framför allt starka intentioner att utföra hållbar sophantering om givna möjligheten. Distriktet visade sig endast ha sophantering inom staden, en plats som används för open dumping, liksom dåliga resurser för att förbättra sophanteringskedjan. De flesta materialen i omlopp är papper/kartong, plast och glas. Slutsatsen som drogs av detta var att förbättring kan ske genom att omvandla nuvarande soptipp till sanitär soptipp, utvidga sophanteringssystemet till större delar av distriktet, att använda NGO:s för att sprida kunskap, liksom att säkra ekonomiska medel för implementering. 

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TRITA-ABE-MBT ; 23555
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Engineering and Technology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-336964OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-336964DiVA, id: diva2:1799279
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