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Constituents of Municipal Solid Waste Generated in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria

American Journal of Environmental Policy and Management
Vol.3 , No. 2, Publication Date: Sep. 20, 2017, Page: 12-18

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[1]	Oladejo Samuel Olugbemiga, Department of Estate Management, Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria.
[2]	Adu Christanah Adeola, Department of Estate Management, Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji, Nigeria.
[3]	Adebisi Stephen Oluwasola, Department of Estate Management, Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji, Nigeria.

Abstract

Continuously increasing quality of life and high rates of resource consumption have had an unintended and negative impact on the urban environment—by way of the generation of wastes far beyond the handling and treatment capacities of urban governments and agencies. Cities are now facing serious problems of high volumes of waste, characterized by inadequate disposal technologies/methodologies, rising costs of management, and the adverse impact of wastes on the environment. The generation of wastes and their management have attracted signiﬁcant attention by local, national, sub-regional, regional, and international communities. This study attempts to examine the constituents of municipal solid waste generated in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria. The study zone the major key area of the city into four zones and in each zone 75 questionnaire was randomly administered total 300 questionnaires administered to individual property Owners oroccupiersin the selected area, while 277 (92.3%) were retrieved and analysed. Findings shows that 100% of the respondents generatefood waste which is bio-degradable and at the same timegeneratenylon waste which is not bio-degradable but could be recycled, also the respondent depositedtheirrefuse at road verge waiting for government refuse trucks to come and pick them while somerespondents disposed their refuse in nearby refuse dump sites. About 11.19% of the respondentsadoptedburning as a means of disposing refuse. The paper recommends enlightenment campaign, maintenance of waste dumpsite, re-introduction of Sanitary Inspectors (WoleWole), Recycling amongst others.

Keywords

Built Environment, Household, Municipal, Solid Waste

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