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An Assessment Of The Management Of Garbage Collection And Waste Disposal
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1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
Findings
from this study will provide information of analysis of problems facing
in Imo state at Imo state m City Council on solid waste management
process. The study will also help the government to make policies and
plan programmes for state solid waste management proces; it will also
help people to have a better insight and understanding on the
optimization of state solid waste management process. Furthermore, the
study will help to develop educational training programs to educate
people about the importance of minimizing the cost of the state solid
waste management process. Moreover, the study will act as the stepping
stone to the minimization of state budget to solid waste management
system and will be useful to the private contractors on planning their
operations for solid waste collection. Lastly the study will help state
planners to quantify the costs for state solid waste collections so as
to opt for optimal one.
1.6 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
Coverage
for this study involves household waste. But in fact there are other
types of waste generated in Imo state. For example liquid and gaseous
waste is the part of waste produced in the city. This study therefore
provides only solid waste management issues. Conclusions and suggestions
may not benefit any desired improvement on other types of waste other
than solid waste.
1.7 Limitation of study
Some residents
refused to open their gates or attend to the interviewers perhaps
because of the precarious security situation in the state at that time.
This setback was however largely circumvented by selection of well-known
indigenes as guides for the interviewers.
1.8 ORGANIZATION OF STUDY
Thesis consists of five main chapters:
Chapter one, Introduction: This chapter explains about my background of the study, research questions and objectives.
Chapter two, literature review: This chapter explains about framework of the study, conceptual review and empirical review.
Chapter three, shows the method of data collection and method of data analysis used in the research work.
Chapter four, data presentation and analysis while chapter five gives out the necessary recommendations and conclusion.
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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---
