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People’s Perception and Participation in Solid Waste Management in Ndokwa West Local Government Area, Delta State, Nigeria

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This work focused on assessing people’s perception and participation in solid waste disposal, collection and management methods in Six (6) towns of Ndokwa West LGA, Delta State, Nigeria. It utilized structured questionnaire and face to face interviews for data generation. The sampled towns were Utagba-Ogbe, Ogume, Abbi, Emu, Onicha-Ukwuani and Utagba-Uno, respectively. It was observed that, irrespective of respondent’s localities, most shops/offices and residential houses lacked approved waste collection bags/bins from authorized waste handlers from the Local Government, rather, some augmented with personal packing bags. Collected waste materials were reportedly disposed-off by road sides, into gutters (where available), streets, pits, abandoned buildings, undeveloped plots, or directly into ponds, rivers and streams. Majority of the respondents outside Utagba-Ogbe were unaware of the existence of any government-approved disposal sites around their communities. Although, some of the respondents adopted waste burning, knowledge of integrated solid waste management was observed to be generally low. Respondents were generally not happy with services of waste handlers in the area. The current waste handling strategy in the study area would have serious health and environmental concerns via engendering disease epidemic. The Local Government Authority should make deliberate efforts to seek better ways of enforcing efficient waste-to-wealth strategies to help sustainably solve the waste generation and disposal problems in the study area.

Published in International Journal of Natural Resource Ecology and Management (Volume 5, Issue 3)
DOI 10.11648/j.ijnrem.20200503.14
Page(s) 108-114
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Keywords

Public Perception, Solid Wastes, Waste Disposal, Landfill, Dumpsites

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    Amukali Ogochukwu, Bariweni Perekibina Anthony, Sophia Memuna John, Imaitor-Uku Ebinemi Edith. People’s Perception and Participation in Solid Waste Management in Ndokwa West Local Government Area, Delta State, Nigeria. Int J Nat Resour Ecol Manag. 2020;5(3):108-114. doi: 10.11648/j.ijnrem.20200503.14

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  • Department of Environmental Management, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Amassoma, Bayelsa State, Nigeria

  • Department of Marine Environment and Pollution Control, Nigeria Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Delta State, Nigeria

  • Department of Economics, Isaac Jasper Boro College of Education, Sagbama, Bayelsa State, Nigeria

  • Department of Geography, Isaac Jasper Boro College of Education, Sagbama, Bayelsa State, Nigeria

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