THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES IN AKURE SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ONDO STATE, NIGERIA (original) (raw)

This study investigated the effectiveness of solid waste management techniques in Akure South Local Government Area, Ondo State, Nigeria. Simple random sampling was used in selecting 436 households from 3 wards in the study area. Descriptive statistics was used to examine the effectiveness of the solid waste technique in the study area. Findings revealed that 39.2% of the respondents see nothing wrong with the method used by the Ondo State Waste Management Agency in collecting and disposing their household generated wastes. The study concluded that despite the establishment of waste management authority, 22.02% of the wastes generated are neither collected nor taken proper care of. The study recommended that government should intensify efforts at creating more mobile dump sites in every quarter so as to complement the existing waste disposal techniques in the study area.