Public perception and awareness of waste management from Benin City

Adekola, Paul Oluwatomipe; Iyalomhe, Felix O.; Paczoski, Andrzej; Abebe, Solomon T.; Pawłowska, Barbara; Bąk, Monika; Cirella, Giuseppe T.

doi:10.1038/s41598-020-79688-y

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“…Low level of knowledge was found on relevant laws and regulations pertaining to solid waste management among respondents in Al-Nassyriah City, Iraq and most of them were unable to put their limited knowledge into practice [11]. Results also obtained from the study revealed low level of awareness about indiscrimination dumping of waste in Benin City, Nigeria [12]. The results obtained for awareness based on issues reveals that the awareness level of participants is less than moderate.…”

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Assessment of Public Awareness Level Regarding Solid Waste Management: A Case Study of Pol-e-Khumri, Afghanistan

Qaderi

Muradi

Haqiqat

2021

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This study was conducted to assess the awareness level of 786 families regarding solid waste management in Pol-e-Khumri. A total of 331 questionnaires were distributed among participants of different educational degrees and age groups from which only 310 questionnaires were returned back. Collected data were analyzed using statistical package for social science (SPSS) software. The results of this research showed that 58% of participants had weak general awareness regarding solid waste management, while 29% and 13% of them had moderate and good awareness level of awareness, respectively. Also, participants had satisfactory level of knowledge about responsible administrations (75%) and negative impacts of waste dumping (60%) while, they had moderate level of awareness regarding solid waste management (40%), waste collection (50%) and transportation (45%). Participants showed poor awareness level regarding solid waste disposal methods (25%), source segregation of waste (30%) and hazardous waste (35%). The relationship between the demographic characteristics of respondents (sex and level of education) and their general awareness level was also evaluated. It was found that participants with low education degree have less awareness as compared to participants with high degree of education. Study suggests that there must be an integrated program about solid waste management and enhancing public awareness. Short- and long-term educational programs such as discussions, seminars, workshops and preaching in Masjids are considered to be useful in enhancing public awareness level.

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Assessment of Public Awareness Level Regarding Solid Waste Management: A Case Study of Pol-e-Khumri, Afghanistan

Qaderi

Muradi

Haqiqat

2021

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“…The slum dwellers shared their contributions on a revolving basis as a member-based group to help cater for various needs, including funeral and healthcare expenses. This is necessary since urban slum dwellers in Nigeria are often being confronted with inadequate waste disposal methods that festers disease, which can easily turn into a local outbreak [ 62 ]. This result reflected in our data analysis since 66.7% of the insured respondents were from the lowest and low-income levels.…”

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Community-based health financing: empirical evaluation of the socio-demographic factors determining its uptake in Awka, Anambra state, Nigeria

Iyalomhe

Adekola

Cirella

2021

Int J Equity Health

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Background There is an increasing global concern of financing poor people who live in low- and middle-income countries. The burden of non-communicable diseases of these people is, by in large, connected to a lack of access to effective and affordable medical care, weak financing, and delivery of health services. Policymakers have assumed, until recently, that poor people in developing countries would not pay health insurance premiums for the cost of future hospitalization. The emergence of community-based health financing (CBHF) has brought forth a renewed and empowered alternative. CBHF schemes are designed to be sustainable, varying in size, and well organized. Developing countries, such as Nigeria, have been testing and finetuning such schemes in the hope that they may 1 day reciprocate high-income countries. Methods A sample size of 372 respondents was used to assess the slums of Awka, the capital city of Anambra State, Nigeria, and empirically evaluate the socio-demographic characteristics of those who uptake CBHF using the provider Jamii Bora Trust (JBT). Cross-sectional research used a quantitative research approach with the instrumentality of structured questionnaires. Descriptive analysis was adopted to determine the socio-demographic characteristics of those who have CBHF uptake in Awka and evaluate the presence and benefits of CBHF in the city’s slums. Results The results show that more youth and middle-aged persons from 18 to 50 years are more insured (i.e., 73.8% combined) than those who are over 50 years of age. Gender distribution confirm more females (i.e., 61.9%) to be health-insured than their male counterpart (i.e., 38.1%). This perhaps reflected the reproductive roles by women and the fact that women have better health-seeking behavioral attitude. Moreover, the results correlate with previous studies that confirm women are more involved in local sustainable associations in low-income settings, of this nature, in sub-Saharan Africa. Corroborating this further, married people are more insured (i.e., 73.8%) than those who are not married (i.e., 26.2%) and insured members report higher use of hospitalization care than the non-insured. Conclusion CBHF uptake favored members in the lower income quintiles who are more likely to use healthcare services covered by the JBT scheme. This confirmed that prepayment schemes and the pooling of risk could reduce financial barriers to healthcare among the urban poor. Recommendations are suggested to improve enrollment levels in the CBHF programs.

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“…Average monthly income of the majority is below global poverty line of $1.90 set by the World Bank. It could be affirmed that despite the relevance of solid-waste management as a social inclusion and mean of economy sustainability according to [ 5 – 7 ], the importance of the service rendered by waste collectors in the area is not supported with suitable socio-economic attributes.…”

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“…All these activities must be handled in such a way that they are undisruptive to human, plants, animals, the ecology and the environment in general. Solid-waste mismanagement is a global issue in terms of environmental trash, social inclusion, and economic sustainability [ 5 – 7 ]. There is no doubt that management of solid waste has no time limitation.…”

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Evaluation of urban solid-waste generation and safety consciousness of waste collectors amidst COVID-19 pandemic

Adeniyi

Akinpelu

Fatoke

et al. 2022

J Mater Cycles Waste Manag

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This study investigates solid-waste handling practices by municipal waste collectors during COVID-19 pandemic period in Osogbo urban areas with the intention of assessing measures put in place for preventing possible spread of the disease. Data for the study were obtained from primary and secondary sources. Primary data were acquired through questionnaire administration on the 5% of waste collectors selected through snowball technique of chain referral. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistical methods. Adopted under this technique are cross-tabulation, percentages, index that was used determine waste generation (WGI), and protective material index (PMI) used by waste collectors before and during the lockdown periods. The result showed that rate of waste generation before the pandemic was WGI = 0.69 and during the pandemic was WGI = 0.75. The use of protective materials before COVID-19 was PMI = 2.9 as against (PMI = 3.58) during the lockdown period, with face mask recorded lowest occurrence of use (PMI = − 2.91). Crude materials that cannot guarantee the safety of waste collectors are used for transfer of waste into disposal vehicle. The study concludes that solid-waste collectors in the study area are not adequately catered for during COVID-19 pandemic.

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Public perception and awareness of waste management from Benin City

Cited by 30 publications

References 47 publications

Assessment of Public Awareness Level Regarding Solid Waste Management: A Case Study of Pol-e-Khumri, Afghanistan

Assessment of Public Awareness Level Regarding Solid Waste Management: A Case Study of Pol-e-Khumri, Afghanistan

Community-based health financing: empirical evaluation of the socio-demographic factors determining its uptake in Awka, Anambra state, Nigeria

Evaluation of urban solid-waste generation and safety consciousness of waste collectors amidst COVID-19 pandemic

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