Impact of Inadequate Urban Planning on Municipal Solid Waste Management in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria

Onu, Benefit; Surendran, S.; Price, Trevor

doi:10.5539/jsd.v7n6p27

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“…The predictors of poor waste disposal practice are residential area, education attainment, sex, income, and residence at 50 meters away from municipal permitted dumpsites. Similar findings have been reported in previous research [ 15 – 17 ].…”

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confidence: 93%

“…To predict the respondents' knowledge of disease causation from waste handling and safety behavior towards waste handling, six predictors were included in the model: age, sex, marital status, education attainment, income group, and residential area. The selection of explanatory variables was based on common sense and literature [ 1 , 15 , 16 ]. For the components of the questionnaire, item and reliability analyses were applied.…”

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Factors Influencing Attitude, Safety Behavior, and Knowledge regarding Household Waste Management in Guinea: A Cross-Sectional Study

Mamady

2016

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

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Waste indiscriminate disposal is recognized as an important cause of environmental pollution and is associated with health problems. Safe management and disposal of household waste are an important problem to the capital city of Guinea (Conakry). The objective of this study was to identify socioeconomic and demographic factors associated with practice, knowledge, and safety behavior of family members regarding household waste management and to produce a remedial action plan. I found that no education background, income, and female individuals were independently associated with indiscriminate waste disposal. Unplanned residential area was an additional factor associated with indiscriminate waste disposal. I also found that the community residents had poor knowledge and unsafe behavior in relation to waste management. The promotion of environmental information and public education and implementation of community action programs on disease prevention and health promotion will enhance environmental friendliness and safety of the community.

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Factors Influencing Attitude, Safety Behavior, and Knowledge regarding Household Waste Management in Guinea: A Cross-Sectional Study

Mamady

2016

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

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“…Figure 7. Typical wastes collection operation (Obasi, 2012;Onu et al, 2014) Individual businesses are supposed to arrange for the collection of their wastes privately as are residential properties. Many stores confirm that their wastes are taken away for disposal by a member of staff mostly after working hours.…”

Section: Wastes Collectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Investigating the Wastes Management Practices of Businesses in Nigeria

Amasuomo¹,

Baird²

2016

JMS

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Wastes and environmental management in many Nigerian cities have suffered tremendous setbacks in the last few decades. Literatures and environmental reports confirm a below average performance in relation to wastes and environmental management practices. Apart from unwholesome practices that characterises wastes management at household levels, many businesses across Nigeria have also capitalized on the lack of proper monitoring and enforcement of wastes and environmental laws to adopt practices that promotes organizational profits over environmental quality.Hence, the current research investigates wastes management practices of small businesses (retailers) in Nigeria with a view to identify where corrections should be made in order to improve the overall wastes management standards in the country.In order to achieve these aims and to proffer adequate solutions to the wastes management issues in the city, the paper employed a mixed method approach using closed and open-ended questionnaires in collecting data. In all about 900 questionnaires were collected and analysed for the study. A multi stage cluster sampling technique was employed due to the unavailability of an up-to-date sampling frame in the study area.It was found that businesses were heavily involved in unfriendly environmental practices such as; burning of wastes, random and indiscriminate disposal, dumping of wastes on water bodies and disposal on illegal dumpsites. These wastes management practices were found to be a clear violation of standard international best practices as only a fraction of businesses dispose their wastes using official disposal points. The study therefore advocates that the wastes management authorities develop a means of influencing the environmental culture of organizations (retailers) in order to improve wastes management among businesses. Similarly, the research argues that adequate environmental policies be formulated and enforced in order to encourage retailers to embrace sustainable wastes management practices.

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“…According to Echebiri and Edaba (2008), there is a high positive correlation between the increase of cassava production and the estimated demand for the commodity. It was also found that waste disposal habit of the people, corruption, work attitude, and inadequate plants and equipment among others are militating against effective waste management in Nigeria (Onu, Surendran and Price, 2014).…”

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Cassava Waste Management and Biogas Generation Potential in Selected Local Governments Areas in Ogun State Nigeria

Olukanni¹,

Olatunji²

2018

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Agricultural product like cassava produces huge amounts of waste when processed to consumable goods. The waste generated is generally considered to contribute largely to environmental pollution. This study therefore investigates the waste management practice that is adopted by cassava processors in Ogun State, Nigeria. Five (5) Local Government Areas (LGAs) dominant in processing cassava were selected for the study on the basis of spatial location distribution; landmass and population. The survey involved the use of structured questionnaires administered to cassava processors of the selected LGAs. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software application and descriptive statistics were used for data analysis. Results of the analysis show that majority (70%) of the cassava processors are females. Cassava peel constitutes 10% of the waste produced, of which 91% are heaped at refuse dump in most communities. Results also reveal that 86.3% of cassava residues are used for animal feeds. Other findings show that the peels when dried are used as bio-fuel for cooking and there is a significant potential for biogas production. From the data captured from respondent during the study, most processors are willing to pay for an improved waste management system. The study therefore suggests proper waste management of cassava waste to minimize environmental pollution.

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Impact of Inadequate Urban Planning on Municipal Solid Waste Management in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria

Cited by 11 publications

References 24 publications

Factors Influencing Attitude, Safety Behavior, and Knowledge regarding Household Waste Management in Guinea: A Cross-Sectional Study

Factors Influencing Attitude, Safety Behavior, and Knowledge regarding Household Waste Management in Guinea: A Cross-Sectional Study

Investigating the Wastes Management Practices of Businesses in Nigeria

Cassava Waste Management and Biogas Generation Potential in Selected Local Governments Areas in Ogun State Nigeria

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