ABSTRACT
Solid waste management over the years has been a serious problem on the nation
Ghana. This solid waste materials are generated by humans in the cities and
municipalities of almost all developing countries. In this country, it is one of the
most pressing concerns of the government because of the health problems that
comes with it when not managed well. In most countries locating a suitable site for
the construction of landfills is not easy. With the invention of the Geographic
Information System (GIS), locating suitable sites has become very easy because, it
is a tool that allows the operator to understand, view, query, and visualize spatial
and non-spatial data and interpretate data in many ways. It gives the operator much
understanding of the relationship, pattern and trends that is displayed in a map form,
reports and charts (Lui and Mason, 2009; Bhatta, 2010). The current waste disposal
site in the municipality is in bad condition and makes the people around vulnerable
to health hazards. By the employment of certain criteria in the work, a suitable
landfill site was selected within the municipality which will help minimize the
effect of the waste on the health of the people within the municipality. Physical
characteristics, socio-economic and land use factors are the criteria used for
selecting the site in this research (EPA, 2006).
