ASSESSMENT OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN ZARIA INDUSTRIAL ESTATES, NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorOGBOLE, Emmanuel Israel
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-03T08:30:05Z
dc.date.available2019-09-03T08:30:05Z
dc.date.issued2018-09
dc.descriptionA DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, FACULTY OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIAen_US
dc.description.abstractIndustrial wastes have major impact on the environmental quality both nationally and globally. The waste produced could be hazardous in nature. The aim of this research is to assess the solid waste management in Zaria industrial estate, Nigeria. The study employed questionnaire administration and in-depth interview instruments. The industries for this study were purposively selected namely, Sunseed industries, Premier Seed Company, Olam Nigeria Limited and Nalmaco Industry. A total of 398 respondentsā€˜ within the industrial zone were sampled in order to get information on the effect the waste has on them. The study employs descriptive statistic in analysis of data by the use of frequency tables and percentage in presenting the data collected from the questionnaire administered to the respondent. Results of the analyses showed that impurities (9.5%), trash and refuse (10.7%), mote (5.6%), soap stock (10.6%), boiling ash (23.8%), etc are the major wastes produced by industries in Zaria. The industries adopted source reduction (37.9%) and recycling (36.3%) as a way of managing their waste. However, the effect of industrial waste management practice was majorly flooding (39.6%), water pollution (23.1%) and air pollution (16.3%) which was as a result of dumping solid industrial waste indiscriminately. And that community sensitization (54.9%) is what the industries use to report the effect of their waste to the community as a way of reporting waste to the community. Also, the compliance level of industrial with recommended waste management practices by NESREA showed that Sunseed (3.67) recorded the highest, while the least was Premier seed limited with (3.29) respectively. Due to the effects of the waste a high proportion of respondents (46.2%) migrated out of the community because of the health implication the waste has on them. Based on the findings, it is recommended, that a technically based personnel should be used to handle industrial hazardous wastes. Industries need to receive authorization from Kaduna State Protection Agency (KEPA) before disposing any hazardous waste and setting up of recycling plant within the industries to enhance recycling.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/11811
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectASSESSMENT,en_US
dc.subjectSOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT,en_US
dc.subjectZARIA INDUSTRIAL ESTATES,en_US
dc.subjectNIGERIAen_US
dc.titleASSESSMENT OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN ZARIA INDUSTRIAL ESTATES, NIGERIAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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