ASSESS THE IMPACT OF SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL IN HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH IN WOLAITA SODO TOWN , SNNPR, ETHIOPIA

ABSTRACT Solid waste management is the serious problem in urban area of the world , the same is true in Ethiopia .In Ethiopia urban areas it is problem has turned to be one of compressing issues .This study has general objective Impact of solid waste disposal in human and environmental in Wolaita sodo town .In this paper ,the researcher used as purposively employed to selected sub city of Arada and Merkato because serious solid waste disposal problem and over crowed population .From the total population to select two kebeles from both sub city total population of 2500 study area kebeles 75 simple random sampling were used to collect information .the data was collected different sources such as primary and secondary sources ,then the researcher prepare open and close ended questionnaires and interview for respondents in order to analyzed data collection from sample population in appropriate manner .some solid waste management problems were lack of equipment protection, good method of solid waste disposal ,lack of awareness about solid waste ,Based on the finding ,the referee has high employs turnover caused by different factors and effective handling style that adversely affects its performance . Finally the study recommends certain solution such as compensation to avoid the above problem and have take care of solid waste generation and promote education should provide by the municipality of wolaita sod town for those who have poor attitude and perception toward solid waste management and initiate the peoples to participate on the needs to keep the surrounding area clean Key words (Disposal, Solid Waste, Urban waste, Solid waste management, waste management)