Household solid wastes have varied quantity and composition in many urban centres. A waste audit ... more Household solid wastes have varied quantity and composition in many urban centres. A waste audit was conducted among 250 volunteer households, in low, medium, and high residential densities at 50 households per Local Government Area in the Ibadan metropolis. Community sensitization was undertaken, followed by collection, weighing, and sorting of solid waste into over 40 categories. Analysis revealed the classes of waste to be organics 41.5%; plastics 21.4%; other waste 19.3%; Paper and paper board 8.4%; textile 3.4%; metal 2.7%; glass 1.9%; special care waste 0.7%, and construction and demolition waste; 0.7%. Waste generation rates were 0.17, 0.07 and 0.04kg/capita/day for low-, mediumand high-density areas respectively. About 41.8% of the waste was compostable, 37.9% recyclable, while 20.3% could be disposed of appropriately. Analysis revealed that a significant relationship exists between some socio-economic characteristics and percentage composition of waste, while religion and e...
International Journal of Education and Research , 2020
Household solid wastes have varied quantity and composition in many urban centres. A waste audit ... more Household solid wastes have varied quantity and composition in many urban centres. A waste audit was conducted among 250 volunteer households, in low, medium, and high residential densities at 50 households per Local Government Area in the Ibadan metropolis. Community sensitization was undertaken, followed by collection, weighing, and sorting of solid waste into over 40 categories. Analysis revealed the classes of waste to be organics 41.5%; plastics 21.4%; other waste 19.3%; Paper and paper board 8.4%; textile 3.4%; metal 2.7%; glass 1.9%; special care waste 0.7%, and construction and demolition waste; 0.7%. Waste generation rates were 0.17, 0.07 and 0.04kg/capita/day for low-, medium-and high-density areas respectively. About 41.8% of the waste was compostable, 37.9% recyclable, while 20.3% could be disposed of appropriately. Analysis revealed that a significant relationship exists between some socioeconomic characteristics and percentage composition of waste, while religion and ethnicity of the respondents were not significant. It is recommended that households sort their waste from source to reduce the unusable quantity that would be disposed of at dumpsites.
Household solid wastes have varied quantity and composition in many urban centres. A waste audit ... more Household solid wastes have varied quantity and composition in many urban centres. A waste audit was conducted among 250 volunteer households, in low, medium, and high residential densities at 50 households per Local Government Area in the Ibadan metropolis. Community sensitization was undertaken, followed by collection, weighing, and sorting of solid waste into over 40 categories. Analysis revealed the classes of waste to be organics 41.5%; plastics 21.4%; other waste 19.3%; Paper and paper board 8.4%; textile 3.4%; metal 2.7%; glass 1.9%; special care waste 0.7%, and construction and demolition waste; 0.7%. Waste generation rates were 0.17, 0.07 and 0.04kg/capita/day for low-, mediumand high-density areas respectively. About 41.8% of the waste was compostable, 37.9% recyclable, while 20.3% could be disposed of appropriately. Analysis revealed that a significant relationship exists between some socio-economic characteristics and percentage composition of waste, while religion and e...
International Journal of Education and Research , 2020
Household solid wastes have varied quantity and composition in many urban centres. A waste audit ... more Household solid wastes have varied quantity and composition in many urban centres. A waste audit was conducted among 250 volunteer households, in low, medium, and high residential densities at 50 households per Local Government Area in the Ibadan metropolis. Community sensitization was undertaken, followed by collection, weighing, and sorting of solid waste into over 40 categories. Analysis revealed the classes of waste to be organics 41.5%; plastics 21.4%; other waste 19.3%; Paper and paper board 8.4%; textile 3.4%; metal 2.7%; glass 1.9%; special care waste 0.7%, and construction and demolition waste; 0.7%. Waste generation rates were 0.17, 0.07 and 0.04kg/capita/day for low-, medium-and high-density areas respectively. About 41.8% of the waste was compostable, 37.9% recyclable, while 20.3% could be disposed of appropriately. Analysis revealed that a significant relationship exists between some socioeconomic characteristics and percentage composition of waste, while religion and ethnicity of the respondents were not significant. It is recommended that households sort their waste from source to reduce the unusable quantity that would be disposed of at dumpsites.
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