An Integrated Assessment of Waste Materials Generation and Waste Minimization Strategy Appraisal in Ikogosi Township, Nigeria

International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) | Volume VI, Issue VI, June 2019 | ISSN 2321–2705

An Integrated Assessment of Waste Materials Generation and Waste Minimization Strategy Appraisal in Ikogosi Township, Nigeria

Opeyemi Aniramu¹, Olusola-Ige Adetoro¹, and Ayobami Salami²

¹Space Application and Environmental Science Laboratory, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
²The Technical University, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Corresponding Author: Opeyemi Aniramu

Abstract:-The assessment of waste management in Ikogosi Ekiti was investigated vis-à-vis its current convectional waste practices and its implication on the environmental conditions. Three sampling techniques were employed to select sample population for this study. Purposive sampling method was used to select 200 respondents of the Ikogosi community; accidental and availability sampling method was used to select 50 tourists from the Warm Resort Centre and random sampling method was used to select 20 respondents from the Ekiti State Waste Management Board. In all 264 copies of questionnaire were successfully retrieved from the respondents and were analyzed for the study. The findings of the study established that waste materials were indiscriminately found everywhere in the study area as affirmed by 62.1% respondents; this is attributed to unavailability of waste management tanks (90.5%) in the study area. The study also revealed deplorable toilet facilities (62.1%) indicating the height of waste materials becoming worrisome to the community as affirmed by the respondent (60.3%). Indigenous respondent reported their failure to adopt zero waste management (62.1%) while they equally failed to participate in monthly environment sanitation as stipulated by Local Government Authority. The study concluded that lack of proper waste disposal has prone the Ikogosi inhabitants to live in filthy environment which pose a threat to their well-being and associated health risk factors. The paper therefore recommends that government and community leaders should be actively involved in the management of waste; aimed at achieving clean environment.

Keywords: Waste disposal; Environment; Sanitation and Local community.

I. INTRODUCTION

Solid and liquid management system in Nigeria has been under serious watch in which organizations are trying to find a solution to the menace in which wastes material has pose to the serene environment. Solid waste management is a great challenge in Nigeria regardless the size of the mega-cities or village where human race exist (Hammed et al., 2011).

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