Abstract:
This study investigated the waste management activities adopted in coffee processing
industries and the resultant impact on environment in chirre woreda, sidama zone of
SNNPR.The main objective of this study was to assess the impact of coffee waste
management on the environment. The research approach employed was a mixed one,
comprising of both quantitative and qualitative approaches.The investigation was conducted
on three wet and one dry processing industry and 190 household participantswhich were
selected by random sampling techniques. Interview, structured questioners and field
observations were the tools employed during investigation. In addition to descriptive
statistics, Pearson correlation coefficient was employed. The most favored coffee waste
management options in chire woreda were disposal without recycling of water. The coffee
waste were directly discharged to the nearby water bodies causing severe ailments symptoms
like, eye irritation(burning inside), skin irritation, breathing problem, stomach problem,
spinning sensation(feeling drunk) and nausea and it also result negative impact on domestic
animals.Generally, limited consultation service were given, low awareness of the
participants, less political commitment in implementing management regulations, coffee
machine owners have limited knowhow regarding the potential use of coffee wasteand coffee
waste becomes the cause for additional expenditure for treatment of themselves and their
family including expenditure for treatment of domestic animals. To recommend that use new
technologies to change coffee waste in to resource, apply advanced wet coffee processing
machine, concerned stockholders should work cooperatively in creating awareness and
implementing rules and regulations of coffee waste
