Raphael, Mkumwa2024-04-092024-04-092014-11https://repository.sjut.ac.tz/handle/123456789/71Solid waste management is the part of the growing problem that attract attention of anthropologists, economists, historians, sociologists in the world. This believed to have been caused by rising of urbanization and change of life style of food habits which have led to the increase of municipal solid waste. In Tanzania, Dodoma municipality among the municipal/town that experience a problem of solid waste. This has contributed to eruption of diseases and dust beans in the town. This study was designed to investigate the effectiveness of decentralized solid waste management scheme in Tanzania specifically in Dodoma municipality Data were collected using structured and non- structured interviews. Purposive sampling procedures were used to obtain representatives of from Majengo and Uhuru wards, this led to a total sample of 126 respondents. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS software where outputs from descriptive statistics cross tabulation and frequencies were used in verifying the effectiveness of decentralized solid waste management scheme in Tanzania specifically in Dodoma municipal. From the study,70% respondents reported that the municipal is guided by solid waste management policy guided by four objectives under the policy. However, the ways used to collect solid waste were four but one that dominated in the study area was people moving rounding with wheel brrlow 36.6% of respondents. The ways used on managing the solid waste were recycling of solid waste, incineration of solid waste and open burning. There were different diseases thought to have erupted as the impact of solid waste. Furthermore, conclusion was made and different recommendations that were thought to improve the system.enThesis