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    MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES: THE CASE OF ADIGRAT TOWN, EASTERN ZONE OF TIGRAY, ETHIOPIA
    (Mekelle University, 2025-08-25) FESSEHA WSELASSIE
    It is widely acknowledged in developed countries that proper solid waste management iscrucial for economic vitality, in addition to securing environmental safety and human health. On the contrary, developing nations like Ethiopia, often fail to realize these economic advantages. Instead, they frequently turn to illegal waste dumping, leading to easy exposure to harsh hazards such, as environmental pollution and public health crises. Hence, the main purpose of this study was to assess of municipal solid waste management practices in Adigrat town, Eastern zone of Tigray, Ethiopia. Accordingly, 196 out of 5852 households of in 3 kebeles of the town were selected using systematic random sampling. Structured questionnaire having both closed-and-open ended questions was administered to the respondents. Moreover, data through interviews and focus group discussion were gathered as supplements to the questionnaire. After the data has been collected, descriptive statistics tables, graphs, percentages, mean and standard deviation and inferential statistics tools - linear regression were used for analysis purpose using with the help of SPSS version 24. The results of the findings revealed that despite high awareness of solid waste management, irregular collection forced the households to store waste for over a week, leading to common practices of roadside and drainage dumping (48.8 percent), and open burning (34.8 percent) and discard the wastes using labourers (16.4 percent). The findings also showed low effectiveness of the town's solid waste management because of collection gaps, no storage, poor enforcement, vehicle shortages, and budget issues. Thus to address issues in municipal solid waste management, it's recommended to raise awareness and provide infrastructure like separate bins for waste sorting, increase accessible collection points and promote their proper use, and support households in reducing, reusing, recycling, and recovering waste to minimize generation and maximize resource use. Moreover, to improve municipal solid waste management, the municipality, in collaboration with stakeholders such as households, private sectors, institutions and NGOs should provide adequate resources like collection vehicles and storage, develop better treatment facilities, expand and ensure reliable collection services, establish and enforce clear waste management policies (including source separation and proper disposal), and allocate sufficient financial resources for infrastructure, personnel, and program implementation.