Title: Functional elements of solid waste management
Course: Hygiene and Environmental Health Part 2 - Ethiopia (Full)

Functional elements of solid waste management

In Study Session 18 you were introduced to the functional elements (stages) of solid waste management which are:

- onsite handling, storage and processing
- collection
- transfer and transport
- resource recovery and processing
- disposal.

The complete set of functional elements will apply in urban centres managed by municipal authorities but not all of them will be relevant in rural areas.