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An Assessment Of The Management Of Garbage Collection And Waste Disposal
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Poor waste management has been a major problem to human existence and it affects both rural and urban areas. Various methods of waste disposal exist and this study assessed the waste man- agement practices among residents of Owerri State, Imo state, Nigeria. It was a descriptive cross sectional study in which a total of 282 residents of Owerri State were selected by multi- stage sampling technique and studied using self and interviewer administered questionnaires. The results showed that 90% of respondents were aware of waste management while 97.5% had posi- tive attitude towards it. The major types of waste generated from households were food residues (97.1%) and vegetable products (95.4%). Also poor waste management practices among residents include open dumping, practiced by 66.3% of the residents and burning as practiced by 62.4% of respondents. The commonest means of waste transport to final disposal site was by wheel barrow. Gender and educational status of respondents significantly influenced their knowledge, attitude and practice of waste management (p < 0.05). Good waste management is pivotal to sustainable healthy living conditions in any environment. The residents of Owerri need health education, reg- ular supply of refuse collection facilities and designated final dump sites. These will encourage strict adherence to proper and appropriate waste management practices among them.
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]Furthermore poor waste
management and disposal could lead to various diseases, infections and
infestation and these include fly transmitted diseases like myiasis,
diarrhea, typhoid, cholera; rodent transmitted disease like Lassa fever
plague, leptospirosis, murine typhus; mosquito borne diseases such as
malaria, yellow fever, filariasis, and dengue hemorrhagic fever. Also
gases like methane, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulphide and mercury vapor
emitted from land fill site can constit ... Continue reading---
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]Furthermore poor waste
management and disposal could lead to various diseases, infections and
infestation and these include fly transmitted diseases like myiasis,
diarrhea, typhoid, cholera; rodent transmitted disease like Lassa fever
plague, leptospirosis, murine typhus; mosquito borne diseases such as
malaria, yellow fever, filariasis, and dengue hemorrhagic fever. Also
gases like methane, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulphide and mercury vapor
emitted from land fill site can constit ... Continue reading---
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