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Annex 2.2 Questionnaire for Solid Waste Management Survey This Annex is a reproduction of Annex 2 of: WHO (1996). Guides for Municipal Solid Waste Management in Pacific Countries. Healthy Cities - Healthy Islands Document Series, No 6. World Health Organization, Western Pacific Region. ANNEX 2 QUEST...

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Annex 2.2

Questionnaire for Solid Waste Management Survey

This Annex is a reproduction of Annex 2 of: WHO (1996). Guides for Municipal Solid Waste Management in Pacific Countries. Healthy Cities Healthy Islands Document Series, No 6. World Health Organization, Western Pacific Region.

ANNEX 2

QUESTIONNAIRE FOR SOLID W ASTE M ANAGEM ENT SERVICE SURVEY

(Adapted from the questionnaire in Reference 8)

1.

Introduction

This questionnaire is designed to facilitate the assessment of the current situation of solid waste management service in an urban area. The information collected by this questionnaire for all the urban areas in a country, in turn, can be used to evaluate the status of the solid waste management sector in the country. To enable an accurate assessment, it is important that all information requested in the questionnaire should be provided as completely and accurately as possible. 2.

General Information

2.1

Name and address of authority responsible for solid waste management ................................................................................................................. ................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................

2.2

Area of jurisdiction Urban area ......... (sq. km) Rural area .........(sq. km ) Total area ......... (sq. km)

2.3

Population 1980

1990

Urban Population Rural Population Total Population 2.4

Department responsible for solid waste management

(1)

Name, address and telephone of the Department ................................................................................................................. ................................................................................................................. .............................................................................Telephone:......................

(2)

Name and telephone of the Head of Department ..............................................................................Telephone:.....................

1995

(3)

Name and telephone of officer responsible for solid waste management ..............................................................................Telephone:.....................

(4)

Function carried out by the Department Function

Solid waste management service to domestic premises Solid waste management service to commercial/ trade premises Solid waste management service to industrial premises Street sweeping Grass cutting Drain/ river cleansing Public toilet cleansing Removal of dead animals Removal of garden waste Removal of bulky waste e.g. TV Removal of abandon vehicles Development/ building plan approval Procurement of vehicles/ equipment Maintenance of vehicles and equipment Recruitment of solid waste management staff Training of solid waste management staff Public education

Carried Own Staff

Out Contractor

By Others, Please Specify

Remarks

Special solid waste management campaign/ project Others

3.

Planning and Development

3.1

Physical characteristics of solid waste

(1)

If data on waste characteristics are available, please complete the following table: Component

Paper Plastic and rubber Organic or vegetables Glass and ceramic Ferrous metal Aluminium Wood Textile Garden waste Others Total

(2)

Year when the data was collected:

(3)

Data collected by actual survey or by estimation:

% By W eight

3.2

Storage

(1)

Does the Department have a storage bin standardization policy? If so, please briefly outline the policy. ............................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................ .......................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................

(2)

Type of storage bin used (please tick appropriate space) Type of

Residential Premise

Containers

Individual Containers

Communal Containers

A

F

S

Commercial Premise N

A

F

S

Metal bin Plastic bin Plastic bag Oil drum Others Metal bin Plastic bin Oil drum Concrete bin Roll-on roll-off Others

A= Almost exclusively used F= Frequently used S= Sometimes used N= Never used 3.3

Collection

(1)

Collection service coverage for domestic premises for the year 19...... % of Total Population

Urban Population Rural Population

Frequency of Collection

N

(2)

Collection service coverage for commercial/ trade premises for the year 19..... % of Premises

Frequency of Collection

Collected by the Department Collected by the Department’s contractor Collected by owner’s contractor No collection service ( done by owner ) (3)

Amount of waste collected (by both the Department and contractors) last year i.e. 20..... W aste Type

Estimated Recycling Rate (% )

M easured

Amount

Collected

Estimated

M easured

Estimated

Domestic, institutional, commercial and trade waste Industrial waste Street/ park cleansing waste Drain cleansing waste Bulky waste Others Total Note: Attempt should be made to provide the breakdown data. If impossible, at least data for the total should be provided. 3.4

Disposal Items

Disposal Site Site 1

Name of site Total area (ha) Year when disposal started Estimated life span remaining (year) Amount of waste deposited daily (tonne/ day)

Site 2

Site 3

Distance from collection area to the site (km) Disposal method (See notes below) Existence of animals on site Existence of waste pickers or scavengers on site Existence of open burning on site

Yes / No Yes / No

Yes / No Yes / No

Yes / No Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Note: For disposal method, please specify as follow: O = Open dumping C = Controlled tipping ( with occasional soil cover) S = Sanitary landfill ( with daily cover) D = Dumping into water body ( river/ sea etc.)

4.

Operation

4.1

Contractual services Service Component

Proportion of contractual service (last 3 years)

Number of contractors in last 3 years

19 ....

19...

19...

19...

19...

19...

Collection and transport Street sweeping Grass cutting Landfill operation Vehicle maintenance Others

4.2

Vehicles and equipment

(1)

General information

Is there any policy to standardize the vehicles and equipment used by the Department? If so, please outline how this policy is being implemented. ............................................................................................................................. ............................................................................................................................. ............................................................................................................................. ............................................................................................................................. ............................................................................................................................. ............................................................................................................................. .............................................................................................................................

Does the Department have its own workshop to maintain and repair its vehicles and equipment? If so, how does the workshop purchase spare parts? What is the average time taken for the purchase? What is the policy on stock maintenance? ............................................................................................................................. ............................................................................................................................. ............................................................................................................................. ............................................................................................................................. ............................................................................................................................. .............................................................................................................................

(2)

Equipment for primary collection (i.e. collection of solid waste from households to communal bin or depot for subsequent collection by collection vehicles)

Equipment Type

Number

Average capacity (cu.m)

Wheel barrows ( 1 wheel ) Push carts ( 2-4 wheels ) Others (3)

Vehicles

Note: all vehicles owned both by the Department and contractors are to be counted with those of the contractors given in parenthesis.

Vehicle type

No.

Av. Cap. cu.m

No. of vehicle by condition (See note below) G

Compactor vehicles Tipping truck with sliding cover Open truck with tipping mechanism Open truck without tipping mechanism Open truck with crane Tilt-frame or hoist truck handling big metal bin Nightsoil tanker

F

B

No. of vehicle by age (year ) > 10

5-10

2-5

10

5-10

2-5

Bulldozers Bucketloaders Backhoes Compactors Tractors Others

(5)

Typical purchase price of equipment in recent years

Equipment type

Compactor vehicle (for collection) Tipping truck with sliding cover Open truck with tipping facility Open truck without tipping facility Tilt-frame or hoist truck

Purchase price

Year purchase made...