NDLI: Assessment of Urban Solid Waste Disposal System in Port Harcourt Municipal Council, Rivers State, Nigeria

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Assessment of Urban Solid Waste Disposal System in Port Harcourt Municipal Council, Rivers State, Nigeria

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Copyright Year	2019
Abstract	This study examined urban solid waste disposal system in Port Harcourt municipal council Rivers State, Nigeria. Eighty household heads were randomly selected from the study area. Primary and secondary data were used to obtain information from well-structured questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and contingent valuation method (CVM) i.e. willingness-to-pay for a permit for waste disposalwere used for the assessment.Also an actor diagram was used to show the institutional linkages in waste disposal in the study area. It was observed that the major disposal methods were open landfill, communal receptacles, and house-to-house collection. The actor diagram showed a strong linkage between the state (public institutions) and the contractors.There was also strong linkage between the contractors and the educational sub-system. Butthe linkage between NGOs, individual sub system and the state were weak, while the linkage between household sub system, collection point and contractors were very strong. It was only 35% of the sampled respondents that were willing-to-pay ₦100 (as a permit for 50kg of waste generated. The major constraints encountered by the respondents, were lack of awareness on proper waste disposal, indiscriminate dumping of waste in drainages, which in-turn blocks the drainage system which finally leads to flooding etc. Pre-dominant solid wastes were residential domestic wastes, industrial waste and hazardous wastes. Government should enact wastes management laws with stiffer penalties on offenders to ensure compliance andencourageinstitutional articulations among various institutions that are involve in waste management systems.Finally government should alsosensitize the Public on the benefits of proper waste management practices.
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Language	English
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Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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