Abstract
The study evaluates the problems of solid waste
management in Nigeria. The study has the following objectives:to examine the
consequences of poor solid waste management in Nigeria and to identify the
strategies that has been adopted in solid waste management in Nigeria.
It also explained the mode of data collection and
analysis; data for this study was collected from the respondents through the
use of questionnaires. Questionnaires were shared to all 32 respondents of the organization,
and field surveys through responses to questions in the questionnaire served as
the main source of primary data for this study.The researcher discarded other
alternatives such as the causal and explanatory research designs, because
accurate findings and data analysis may not be achieved. Other information was
collected from text books, journals and other secondary sources of data.Base on
fining the study has the sample size of thirty-two (32).
Findings from the study revealed that wastes are
not properly managed in Akwa Ibom state, poor solid waste management leads to
flooding, poor solid waste management does not make the environment unhealthy,
strategies have been put in place for proper solid waste management in Akwa
Ibom state and solid waste management has not been effective in Nigeria.
TABLE OF CONTENT
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND TO THE
STUDY
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE
STUDY
1.4 RESEARCH
QUESTIONS
1.5 RESEARCH
HYPOTHESIS
1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF
THE STUDY
1.7 SCOPE AND
LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
1.8 DEFINITION OF
TERMS
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 THEORETICAL
FRAMEWORK
2.1.1 POPULATION,
RESOURCE, POLLUTION (P.R.P) MODEL:
2.1.2 CONCEPT OF
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
2.2 LITERATURE REVIEW
2.2.2
SOURCES OF WASTE
2.2.3
WASTE MANAGEMENT METHODS
2.2.4
PROBLEMS OF WASTE DISPOSAL
2.2.5
PROSPECT OF OUR ENVIRONMENT
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.0INTRODUCTION
3.1 STUDY AREA
3.2 RESEARCH DESIGN
3.3 POPULATION OF THE STUDY
3.4 POPULATION SIZE AND TECHNIQUE
3.5 DATA COLLECTION METHOD
3.6 DATA ANALYSIS
3.7 LIMITATION
CHAPTER FOUR
DATA
PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
4.1: GENDER DISTRIBUTION
4.2: OCCUPATIONAL
DISTRIBUTION
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS,
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
5.1 SUMMARY OF FINDING
5.2 CONCLUSION
5.3 RECOMMENDATION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX
QUESTIONNAIRE
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Solid wastes comprise all the wastes arisingfrom human and
animal activities that arenormally solid, discarded as useless or unwanted.Also
included are by- products of process linesor materials that may be required by
law to bedisposed of (Okecha 2000). Solid waste can beclassified in a number of
ways, on the basis ofsources, environmental risks, utility and
physicalproperty. On the basis of source, solid wastesare again classified as:
Municipal Solid Wastes,Industrial Solid Wastes and Agricultural SolidWastes.Nigeria’s
major urban centres are todayfighting to clear mounting heaps of solid
wastefrom their environments. These strategic centresof beauty, peace and
security are being overtakenby the messy nature of over flowing dumpsunattended
heaps of solid wastes emanatingfrom household or domestic or kitchen
sources,markets, shopping and business centres. Cityofficials appear unable to
combat unlawful andhaphazard dumping of hazardous commercialand industrial
wastes which are a clear violationof the clean Air and Health Edicts in our
environmentalsanitation laws, rules and regulation.
Refuse generation and its likely effects on thehealth,
quality of environment and the urbanlandscape have become burning national
issuesin Nigeria today. All stakeholders concern withthe safety and the
beautification of our environmenthave come to realize the negative
consequencesof uncleared solid human wastes
found
in residential neighborhoods, markets,schools, and central business districts
in ourcities. These solid wastes have become recurringfeatures in our urban
environment. It is nolonger in doubt that Nigerian cities are inundated withthe
challenges of uncleared solid wastes. As aresult, urban residents are often
confronted withthe hazardous impact to their collective healthand safety.
A United Nations Report (August 2004)noted with regret that
while developing countriesare improving access to clean drinking waterthey are
falling behind on sanitation goals.At one of its summit in 2000 (Uwaegbelun
2004)revealed that The World Health Organization-(WHO 2004) and United Nations
InternationalChildren Education Fund- (UNICEF 2004) jointreport in August 2004
that: “about 2.4 billionpeople will likely face the risk of needlessdisease and
death by the target of 2016 becauseof bad sanitation”. The report also noted
thatbad sanitation – decaying or non-existentsewage system and toilets- fuels
the spread ofdiseases like cholera and basic illness likediarrhea, which kills
a child every 21 seconds.