HOUSEHOLD
WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN ZARIACITY
KADUNA STATE
ABSTRACT
In
Nigeria and particularly in Zaria city of Kaduna state, open dumping is still
the most common household waste disposal method/practice. This type of practice
is un hygienic and environmentally unfriendly. This research is aimed at
effective household waste management practices in the study area. The research
found that there are some other types of management or disposal method in practice
in the study area, these include the use of packing and burning, dumping in
pits outside the house and dumping in streets by residents, wheel barrows. Also
included are scavengers, Ministry of Environment
and private organizations that are involved in household waste. Data for the
study include the use of observations, questionnaire administration and oral
interviews in data gathering and analysis. The research, recommends that the
state government should provide household waste management equipment and
vehicles, generators on loan for waste management authorities. Waste management
such as the construction of sanitary land fills, purchase of incinerators for
recycling plants, encourage waste to wealth practices as this would actually
reduce the amount of waste that would be physically available in the study
area.
TABLE OF CONTENT
TITLE
PAGE … … … i
DECLARATION … … … ii
CERTIFICATION … … … iii
APPROVAL
PAGE … … … iv
DEDICATION … … … v
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT … … vi
ABSTRACT … … … vii
TABLE
OF CONTENT … … … viii
LIST
OF FIGURES … … … xi
LIST
OF TABLES … … … xii
CHAPTER
ONE – INTRODUCTION
1.1
Introduction … … 1
1.2
Background of the
problem … … 3
1.3
Statement of the
problem … … 5
1.4
Aim … … 6
1.5
Objective … … 6
1.6
Justification … … 7
1.7
Study Area … … 8
CHAPTER
TWO – LITERATURE REVIEW
2.0Literature
Review … … 15
2.1 Introduction … … 15
2.2 Studies of households solid waste generator … 16
2.3 Waste generation and disposal … 19
2.4 Studies of the composition household solid
waste … 20
2.5 Studies of factors affecting solid waste
management and disposal 25
CHAPTER
THREE
3.0 Methodology … … 27
3.1 Introduction … … 27
3.2
The reconnaissance survey … … 27
3.3
Selection of house hold and
respondents … 28
3.4
Design of Questionnaire … … 29
3.5
Statistical analysis and result … … 30
3.6
Problem of Data Collection … … 31
CHAPTER
FOUR DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS
4.1 Introduction … … 32
4.2 Socio demographic profile of respondents … 32
4.3 Household waste generation and management … 33
4.4
Awareness on waste Management … 39
CHAPTER
FIVE – Summary, Conclusion AND
RECOMMENDATION
5.1 Introduction … … 41
5.2
Summary and Major finding … … 41
5.3
Conclusion … … 43
5.4 Recommendation … … 43
REFERENCES
Appendix