Solid waste generation is inseparable with mankind and the unprecedented increase in population will inevitably be associated with an increase in waste. This study designed household surveys, to assess current waste management practices in Biu. Biu town becomes important particularly due to the establishment of tertiary institutions which recently increased the population of households. Waste disposal approaches indicated that the majority (76%) engaged in unsustainable disposal measures. These measures include burning, disposing of waste along water drains, disposal along roadside, and burying waste. Although the study results indicates that majority (89.4%) of the respondents were aware of the implications of these approaches, only a few practices the reuse of waste (8.6%), recycling (10.4%), and waste segregation (22%). The drawbacks of achieving an effective waste disposal and management system within the study area were the inability of the local authority to provide a waste collection and disposal system (83.3%), lack of a well designated waste disposal site (98%), and the high cost of waste handling charges by unregistered and unmonitored waste collectors within the municipality (57.6%). The results suggests that in Biu LGA, certain aspects of waste management from the government constitutes to most of the issues and, at the same time, there are areas of opportunity to improve the efficiency of management particularly in the physical aspects, such as collection, treatment and safe disposal systems and services.
Household waste Waste disposal Waste management Sustainability
Birincil Dil | İngilizce |
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Konular | Çevre ve Kültür |
Bölüm | Makaleler |
Yazarlar | |
Yayımlanma Tarihi | 30 Mart 2022 |
Kabul Tarihi | 30 Mart 2022 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2022 Cilt: 17 Sayı: 1 |
“Journal of International Environmental Application and Science”