ANALYSIS OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN MAITAMA DISTRICT, ABUJA NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorJOSEPH, Freedom Gajere
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-15T08:19:06Z
dc.date.available2018-08-15T08:19:06Z
dc.date.issued2015-12
dc.descriptionA THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF SCIENCES DEGREE IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY FACULTY OF SCIENCE AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA.en_US
dc.description.abstractMunicipal solid waste management constitutes one of the most crucial health and environmental problem facing the world especially African cities. Most cities spend 20-50% of their annual budget on solid waste management. This study “Analysis of solid waste management in Maitama, Abuja” The set objectives were to identify the structure of solid waste management in Maitama district, examine the coordination of the solid waste management in the district, examine the sustainability of the process of solid waste management from generation to disposal and to identify the role of scavengers in solid waste management in Maitama. These were carried out by administration of questionnaires to the residents and waste managers. The socio-demographic characteristics in the study revealed that women are mostly involved in domestic solid waste management than men and that Maitama district is inhabited mostly by high income earners hence an average house size of 4-10 persons. The study reveals the heterogeneous nature of solid waste composition in the area which may require sorting for effective recycling process. Among the various methods of municipal solid waste collection, collection of waste by the waste managers has the highest proportion in the study area, different times of solid waste collection was reported ranging daily, twice or thrice in a week depending on when the waste managers come. However, the residents adjudged the services (collection and disposal) of the solid waste managers as satisfactory and that their charges for collection of waste were moderate. Among the problems of domestic solid waste as perceived by the respondents in the study area was poor sanitary habits of residents, and poor attitude towards payment of waste are the major problem of solid waste management,. It has been revealed through this study that some of the contractors /waste managers are not thorough in the collection of waste. The AEPB should device other means to ensure residents comply with payment for their waste since this happened to be a major challenge that affect them. They can liaise with other government agencies like First Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) since they use pay as you go/use. Other agencies like banks can be of good help to ease paymenten_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/10107
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectANALYSIS,en_US
dc.subjectSOLID WASTE,en_US
dc.subjectMANAGEMENT,en_US
dc.subjectMAITAMA DISTRICT,en_US
dc.subjectABUJA NIGERIAen_US
dc.titleANALYSIS OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN MAITAMA DISTRICT, ABUJA NIGERIAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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