**8. Companies' views on waste separation and 3R's practice**

Companies were asked whether they separate waste and implement the 3R's principle's, the views of the company managers are presented in the **Table 1**.

As shown in the table above, 31 of the private companies disagree that they separate waste; eight companies said they used to separate. A company manager in Addis Ababa said they stopped separating because of the difficulties to provide different waste sacks (plastics) to households and the unwillingness of households to separate waste. Another company manger in Mekelle said as they have limited number of waste collecting vehicles and crew members, hence it is difficult to arrange and manage different vehicles for separated waste. He said that is why they stopped early even though their agreement with the CAD needs them to separate waste.

*Waste Separation and 3R's Principles for Sustainable SWM: Practice of Households… DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.108327*


#### **Table 1.**

*Companies' views on waste separation and 3R's practice.*

Company manger complained about the attitude of the people towards waste separation. Interview results show that some people have even negative attitudes towards waste collection.

One company manager told us that some people are careless for collecting waste let alone sorting it. Another one added that doors are often found closed during waste collection time.
