Etude des aspects techniques, institutionnels et socio économiques du recyclage des déchets solides dans la préfecture de l’Est Mono au Togo

The prefecture of the East-Mono has an area of 2474 km2 and a population of 84,665 inhabitants. She is facing enormous problems of hygiene and sanitation especially the wrong management of solid household waste. Uncontrolled discharges are common practices. This situation exposes the community, especially children, to diarrhoeal diseases. In fact, diarrhoea alone represents about 10% of causes of infant mortality.

A better management of solid waste can be a solution to the problem mentioned above. The study was conducted in six semi urban and rural areas.

A particular attention is paid to adding value to plastic and organic waste, based on the strengths and limitations of current waste management methods. Regarding plastic waste, knitting, weaving and the manufacture of pavement blocks are considered. As for organic waste, the option chosen is composting with compost pits by concession.
The proposals outline the appropriate institutional arrangements, technical options and financial and economic implications for communities. The implementation of these actions will reduce the incidence of diseases related to insalubrities.