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The Effect Of Refused Disposal On Human Health In Nigeria
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1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
The problem of ineffective and inadequate
Waste management is a major problem to our society and the world at
large, this is because improper waste management has led to the
outspread of various diseases and health and environmental hazard.
i)
Generation of toxic air and water pollutants, along with mountains of
solid andhazardous wastes, which is becoming an overwhelming problem in
YenagoaMetropolis.
ii) Strong possibility of a situation
where failure to decide where to put waste or how todispose them safely
will lead to the close down of some industries and result in wastebeing
spread everywhere
iii) The health effects of pollution,
toxic waste and other environmental ills of modernsociety becomes a
greater threat to man than diseases.
1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
The
main objective of this study is to examine the effectiveness of waste
management as a panacea to disease prevention and healthy environment in
Bayelsa state. Specifically it seeks to:
1. Examine the effectiveness of waste management in Bayelsa state.
2. Examine how proper waste management can prevent disease and sustain healthy environment.
3. To ascertain how effectively managed waste disposal in Bayelsa state
4. To evaluate the consequences of improper waste management in Bayelsa state.
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTION
The following questions shall be answered in the course of this essay.
i. What are the implications of an improper waste disposal system?
ii. What is the present state of waste disposal in Bayelsa state?
iii. What are the modern technologies involved in waste management and their long term benefits?
iv. What method can be used to effectively managed waste in Bayelsa state?
1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
When
Bayelsa State was created in 1996 from the still existing Rivers State,
itbecame obvious from inception that the fledgling state will face
great challengeson its path to attaining the growth and development that
autonomy had bestowedon her.The challenges of waste disposal being
experienced in the State Capital City(Yenagoa) is on the increase and at
a very fast rate, upon this ills this researchfinds its significance.As
Nigeria aims to be amongst the top 20 economies in the world by 2020,
it isimperative that issues of waste management be tackled from the
state level, andaddressed from city to city.
1.6 SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
The
study covers the effect of refused disposal on human health in Bayelsa
state. However the study has some limitation which ranges from:
Finance: finance is a major limitation to the study as resources allocated to the study is limited
Time: time is a major constrain to the research as time allocated to the study is very limited
Research material: availability of research material is a major set back to the scope of the study
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