Solid waste management in non-State armed group-controlled areas of Syria case study - Jisr-Ash-Shugur-district

Abstract

The purpose of this study (technical assessment) is to understand the effect of the Syrian crisis on the solid wastemanagement (SWM) sector in Non-State Armed Group (NSAG) controlled areas and define the worst communitieslocated in Jisr-Ash-Shugur-district (JASD)/Idleb governorate of Syria. The assessment showed that: SWM sector, ingeneral, is not supported by Non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The number of communities of JASD is ninetynine about 262,246 persons (113382 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs),147,449 resident population, 1,415returnees, and population) live in it, all these local councils are not received or supported by SW equipment, tools, andmachines, About seventy communities out of ninety-nine communities (92,195 persons of 262,246 persons) of JASDdoes not have dedicated works for solid waste collection , and Eighty 80 communities (120,237 persons of 262,246persons) do not have SW containers, and 67 communities (77,195 persons of 262,246 do not have solid waste tractorswith a trails are necessary for SWM. the average, maximum and minimum of SW production per capita at JASDcommunities (0.21; 0.79; 0.02) kg $day^{-1}$. All the landfills of JASD are not sanitary and could be considered a randomlydumps.