Assessment of Organic Household Wastes Management System and its impact on the Improvement of Home Economics in Kandahar- Afghanistan

Abstract

Household waste is the main source of air pollution and water contamination in Kandahar Afghanistan. Organic
waste forms a high percentage and the main origin of organic waste is food residue, gardens and other
compostable materials. This study aims to find the relationship between organic household waste management
and home economics in Kandahar Afghanistan. Three districts and the center of Kandahar City have been
selected for the study. Non-probability sampling methods specifically convenience sampling have been applied
with a sample size of 200. Primary data has been collected via questionnaire and survey conducted by four
trained fourth-year university students. This study found in household waste composition about 36% is organic
waste and in Kandahar province 56.64% of wastes are organic waste. In average 9.8 kg organic waste is
collected from every single house. Animal manure ranked as first source and vegetables second, among
vegetables spinach has the most remnant. It showed that 44% of people eat 6-8times vegetable a week and 37%
of people consume 3-5 times fruits a week. Promoting of biogas system is recommended as a possible solution
way