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An Assessment Of The Management Of Garbage Collection And Waste Disposal
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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 constitute air contaminants and
pollution. Another problem people face in proper waste management and
disposal is the absence of storage facilities (waste bins with tight
fitted covers) in some houses which lead to littering of refuse around
the house, worsened by the absence of drainage systems in such houses.
Even where the drains are available they are either constructed without a
gradient or not properly maintained as they are clogged or blocked with
sand or other debris thus preventing se- wage drainage.
Against the
background of these identified problems, this research further assessed
waste management practices, factors that influenced these practices and
provided solution to avert/prevent the complications which arose from
poor waste management. This research helped to ascertain the level of
awareness, knowledge and attitude of people towards waste management
practices. It also helped in finding out the prevailing methods of
household waste collection and disposal system adopted by Owerri State
Council. It is hoped that the find- ings will enrich the reservoir of
knowledge necessary to inform appropriate refuse management and environ-
mental policy for the country.
1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
Waste
management is one of the big challenges facing most urban cities in the
world. Based on research in Nigeria (Awortwi, 2003 & Obrih-Opareh,
2003) and Kenya 4 (Karanja, 2005 & Mwangi, 2003) they pull together
the evidence with respect to Solid waste and urban management in Africa.
Besides private enterprises, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) may
also play a role in activities like solid waste collection, sanitation
and public awareness programs. Despite the initiatives to privatize
solid waste management, the problem of uncollected solid waste stays a
threat to the population and to the environment in general. Imo state is
among cities which facing the problem of solid waste management which
lead to view our city that are unorganized or uncontrolled. Management
of solid waste all over the world is one of the first important
priorities to the protection of community health as well as the
environment pollution. Solid waste comprises all the waste arising from
human and animal activities that are normally solid and are discarded as
useless or un wanted disposal (Tchobanoglous, et al. 1993). The
vehicles which collecting the solid waste, instead of collecting the
solid waste they just distributing the waste around the city when they
are on the way to dispose. This situation is too critical to vehicles of
Imo state council which lead to distribute the outbreak diseases like
cholera, tuberculosis and other related diseases which affect the human
resources and environmental of the country. This study will analyse the
whole process of waste management in Imo state.
1.3 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
To reach the main objective, there will be some question to be considered, they are:
1. How is the current condition of household waste in Nigeria?
2. How is the waste management policy in Nigeria?
3.
What is an effective means to reducing waste in Nigeria at the present
stage? Is an economic measure is the effective means to waste reduction:
About its theoretical ground.
1.4 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
1. To identify the current condition of household waste in Nigeria.
2. To identify the waste management policy in Nigeria?
3. To know the effective means to reducing waste in Nigeria at the present stage
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]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 ... Continue reading---
