Assessing Waste Management Practices in South Southern Nigeria

Aim: Assessing the waste management practices in south southern Nigeria over a 3 month period from February to April,2015. Method:This was a descriptive cross-sectional study.A total of 200 workers from 20 hotels were given... [ view full abstract ]

Aim: Assessing the waste management practices in south southern Nigeria over a 3 month period from February to April,2015.

Method:This was a descriptive cross-sectional study.A total of 200 workers from 20 hotels were given self administered questionnaire from which information was obtained.Data was analysed using SPSS version.

Results: Of the respondents,87.4% have a management team while 12.6% did not.45.0% had waste reduction programs while 55.0% did not.70.2% did not sort their waste.Waste recycling for items like plastic,glass accounted for 22.8%.60.8% dispose their waste through contractors,20.2% through state management services,11.8% dispose waste through burning,7.2% throw openly into nearby bushes.There was no record of waste disposal estimate.

Conclusion: As a result of poor waste management surveillance and awareness,there is a need for proper recycling of waste and recommended that all segments of the society must team up with public agency to find a nostrum to urban solid waste management.