STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA. (A CASE STUDY OF IKPOBA OKHA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA,EDO STATE)
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This research work looks at the various strategies for effective solid waste management in Ikpoba Okha Local Government, Benin City, Edo State. The objectives of this study are to
access the knowledge, attitude and behaviour of people towards refuse disposal, to ascertain the role of finance and equipment in the maintenance of the refuse disposal programme, to identify the major factors responsible for the present inadequate refuse disposal in Ikpoba Okha and to determine the significance of community participation in domestic and commercial solid waste
management in Benin City. To achieve the objectives of the study, data from primary and secondary sources were collected. From primary source, one hundred (100) questionnaires were
administered by the researcher, of which ninety (90) were retrieved successfully and used for data presentation and analysis. While the secondary source consists of textbooks, journals, manuals and other publications. Simple percentage was used for data presentation and analysis. Inferential statistical tools—chi-square analysis—was employed in testing the following hypotheses: If
there is or no significant relationship between people’s knowledge, attitude and behaviour as influence of effective waste disposal; gender responses; and if there is or no significant
relationship between finance, equipment as it affect proper disposal of waste and the settlement type of respondents. From the hypotheses tested, we find out that lack of finance is a factor
responsible for inadequate waste disposal in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area. It was also discovered that lack of equipment or tools such as tippers and pail loaders are major problem
facing effective waste management in the local government as well as people’s knowledge, attitude and behaviour towards environmental sanitation. Conclusively, it was discovered that
lack of finance, equipment, management’s policies, ineffective enlightenment, lack of community participation, attitude and behaviour are problems facing solid waste management in
Ikpoba Okha. It was therefore recommended that proper transmission and implementation of waste management policies, adequate funding, community participation as well as assisting the
Local Government with tools or equipment by the state government will in no little measure improve the waste management strategies in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area, Benin City.
access the knowledge, attitude and behaviour of people towards refuse disposal, to ascertain the role of finance and equipment in the maintenance of the refuse disposal programme, to identify the major factors responsible for the present inadequate refuse disposal in Ikpoba Okha and to determine the significance of community participation in domestic and commercial solid waste
management in Benin City. To achieve the objectives of the study, data from primary and secondary sources were collected. From primary source, one hundred (100) questionnaires were
administered by the researcher, of which ninety (90) were retrieved successfully and used for data presentation and analysis. While the secondary source consists of textbooks, journals, manuals and other publications. Simple percentage was used for data presentation and analysis. Inferential statistical tools—chi-square analysis—was employed in testing the following hypotheses: If
there is or no significant relationship between people’s knowledge, attitude and behaviour as influence of effective waste disposal; gender responses; and if there is or no significant
relationship between finance, equipment as it affect proper disposal of waste and the settlement type of respondents. From the hypotheses tested, we find out that lack of finance is a factor
responsible for inadequate waste disposal in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area. It was also discovered that lack of equipment or tools such as tippers and pail loaders are major problem
facing effective waste management in the local government as well as people’s knowledge, attitude and behaviour towards environmental sanitation. Conclusively, it was discovered that
lack of finance, equipment, management’s policies, ineffective enlightenment, lack of community participation, attitude and behaviour are problems facing solid waste management in
Ikpoba Okha. It was therefore recommended that proper transmission and implementation of waste management policies, adequate funding, community participation as well as assisting the
Local Government with tools or equipment by the state government will in no little measure improve the waste management strategies in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area, Benin City.
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