AN ASSESSMENT OF WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES OF ZARIA INDUSTRIES NIGERIA LIMITED, ZARIA, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorANGER, Robert Terhemen
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-05T14:20:18Z
dc.date.available2016-05-05T14:20:18Z
dc.date.issued2015-11
dc.descriptionA Dissertation Submitted to the School of Post Graduate Studies, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria in Partial Fulfillment for the Award of a Master of Science in Environmental Management. DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY, FACULTY OF SCIENCE, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA.en_US
dc.description.abstractProper management of effluent waste has multiple socioeconomic and environmental benefits that have not been adequately examined in Zaria Industries Nigeria, Limited, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. The objectives of this research are to: characterize the type and sources of waste in the industry; assess the implication of waste management practices of ZIL; compare the existing waste management practice(s) of ZIL with international best practice towards identifying gaps and proposing alternatives. A total of 252 Industrial workers, farmers and settlers around ZIL were studied using key informant interview (KII) and random sampling techniques. Tables, percentages and charts were used for the analysis. The study established that majority of the respondents sampled were farmers and resident within 20km radius of ZIL and were youths of ages between 20-35 years old. The activity also involves young ones, so by implication are exposed to various diseases. A relatively high proportion (60.7%) of respondents were engaged in other occupation like Motorcycling (Achaba), Butchering, casual/industrial work etc. aside dry/rainy season farming amongst other agricultural activities. About 85% of the respondents do cultivate crops ranging from Onions, cabbage, carrot amongst other vegetables. They claimed that industrial effluents pollute and degrades farm lands. Majority of about 73% of the respondents disclosed that they knew about the disposal point where the industry discharges of its effluents. Not until of recent say 10-15 years when they found out that the effluent stopped flowing through the channel and is been replaced with a suck away dug within the company where the effluents are stored. Chemicals in the effluent when released into water bodies destroyed/affected both plants and aquatic lives, it also brought about water logging and bad land (soil infertility). Also, effluents from ZIL contain harmful substances such as harmful chemicals, particles of metal, among others. Threats may include: litter to the environment, diarrhoea, Cholera, Typhoid etc to human beings. Laboratory result revealed that the Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) was found to be 10 mg/l, 12 mg/l and 7 mg/l for stream water, well water and soil respectively which is below World Health Organization (WHO) and National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) standard for a normal stream, well and soil quality. COD for stream water was 95 mg/l, 89 mg/l for well water while soil was found to be 92 mg/l within and around the said radius of the industry. Thus COD is higher than the BOD in all the mediums; these will actually pose serious challenge to living organisms. Key Informant Interview (KII) revealed that waste management practice in ZIL is not completely adequate simply because some of the effluents, solid waste, sludge etc directly or indirectly get to water bodies and soil. 83% of the respondents claimed that the company does generate waste like: solid, liquid effluents and sludge and also do not carry out re-use/recycling activities, waste disposal point is landfills. ZIL do not practice color coding in the process of segregation of waste and do not use UN (United Nations) approved containers etc. ZIL practice is actually contrary to international best practices on the basis of the KII conducted. However, challenges militating against proper management of waste of any kind in ZIL are categorized into: lack of a functional heavy duty machines; not imbibing the international best practice act among others. It is concluded that adopting international best practices with the right support as far as an industry is concerned, is a sure way of attracting suitors from within and beyond ZIL. Incorporating that into the company will also alleviate the suffering of farmers and residents within and around the study area.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7825
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectASSESSMENT,en_US
dc.subjectWASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES,en_US
dc.subjectZARIA INDUSTRIES NIGERIA LIMITED,en_US
dc.subjectZARIA, KADUNA STATE,en_US
dc.subjectNIGERIAen_US
dc.titleAN ASSESSMENT OF WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES OF ZARIA INDUSTRIES NIGERIA LIMITED, ZARIA, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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