Household Waste Management Practices In Zaria City Kaduna State

In Nigeria and particularly in Zaria city of Kaduna state, open dumping is still the most common household waste disposal method/practice. This type of practice is un hygienic and environmentally unfriendly. This research is aimed at effective household waste management practices in the study area. The research found that there are some other types of management or disposal method in practice in the study area, these include the use of packing and burning, dumping in pits outside the house and dumping in streets by residents, wheel barrows. Also included are  scavengers, Ministry of Environment and private organizations that are involved in household waste. Data for the study include the use of observations, questionnaire administration and oral interviews in data gathering and analysis. The research, recommends that the state government should provide household waste management equipment and vehicles, generators on loan for waste management authorities. Waste management such as the construction of sanitary land fills, purchase of incinerators for recycling plants, encourage waste to wealth practices as this would actually reduce the amount of waste that would be physically available in the study area.

TITLE PAGE

DECLARATION

CERTIFICATION

APPROVAL PAGE

DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

ABSTRACT

TABLE OF CONTENT

LIST OF FIGURES

LIST OF TABLES

CHAPTER ONE 

INTRODUCTION

1.1Introduction

1.2Background of the problem

1.3Statement of the problem

1.4Aim

1.5Objective

1.6Justification

1.7Study Area

CHAPTER TWO 

LITERATURE REVIEW

2.0Literature Review

2.1Introduction

2.2Studies of households solid waste generator

2.3Waste generation and disposal

2.4Studies of the composition household solid waste

2.5Studies of factors affecting solid waste management and disposal

CHAPTER THREE

3.0Methodology

3.1Introduction

3.2 The reconnaissance survey

3.3 Selection of house hold and respondents

3.4 Design of Questionnaire

3.5 Statistical analysis and result

3.6 Problem of Data Collection

CHAPTER FOUR 

DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS

4.1Introduction

4.2Socio demographic profile of respondents

4.3Household waste generation and management

4.4 Awareness on waste Management

CHAPTER FIVE 

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

5.1Introduction

5.2 Summary and Major finding

5.3 Conclusion

5.4Recommendation

REFERENCES

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