For most East African countries, it is not uncommon to find heaps of garbage piling up on the side of the road, watch children scouring for plastic bottles to collect, or have farm animals feasting on illegal dumpsites. While Uganda, and more specifically Kampala City, is no exception to this image, the city has nevertheless made significant progress in implementing a proper solid waste management system (SWMS) compared to its East African neighbors of Kenya and Tanzania. However, with an estimated population of 1.5 million people and urbanization at a rate of 3.3% per year, the pressure to maintain and increase services in SWM has been magnified. At least 1,500 tons of waste is being generated per day in Kampala City . However, due to various economical and political issues, the local central governing body, Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), has not been able to keep up with the growing issues and demands for maintaining a proper SWMS. However, announcements from the KCCA of reforms on the SWMS in Kampala City are expected to take place within the next few years. Therefore, this Geographic Information System (GIS) project will not only serve as a platform that the KCCA can use to further improve the SWMS, but also a source with possible strategies and solutions. Overall, this project will be broken down into three areas. The first area is to understand the relationship between increased population size and increased waste production. The second area is determine key areas for trash can placements. The third is to evaluate the expected waste increase per trash can location from 2010 - 2020 in relations to the current projected population density for year 2020. Looking more closely into these three areas of concerns will help the KCCA gage the current and future production of waste and how placement of trash cans can be used to collect the waste.

Research Questions include:
● What is the relationship between increased population size and waste production?
● What areas of Kampala City will see the greatest increase in waste production?
● Where should trash cans be placed?

After examining the data, this GIS project has illustrated the results of its three main goals. The first result is that there is a strong correlation between increased population size and increased waste production. Secondly, there are 240 suitable trash cans locations throughout Kampala City. Thirdly, there are several points that demand a greater need for trash cans due to the expected waste production increase. While other areas may not expect significant increases in waste production, trash cans should still be placed in some areas due the already high population density. Therefore, if the KCCA wants to further improve the SWMS in Kampala City and in Uganda as a whole, they should continue building on these three goals and take into consideration what other items have been discovered in this project.