Solid Waste Crisis In Nigeria - A Case Study Of The Constraint To Residential Solid Waste Disposal And Management In Benin Metropolis

摘要

Benin City like other fast urbanizing towns and cities in Nigeria is faces with a multitude of problems ranging from poor state of roads, insufficient water and electrical power supply, inadequate solid waste management etc. Among this multitude of problems Solid waste appears to be the most prominent in recent years. Solid waste is seen in huge heaps on any piece of unused land, around buildings and in the open market places. Living with solid waste littered around appears to be an acceptable way of life among the people in the metropolis in recent years. The work reported in this paper involves a study of the constraint to residential solid waste management in Benin metropolis in Nigeria. A site-specific study was carried out to estimate the quantity of residential solid waste generation in the metropolis. Structured questionnaires were applied to collect primary information such as size of households, Educational level, monthly income etc. from households.rnThe results obtained indicated that the problem of poor education and income of residence, none existence of solid waste data and insufficient funding for solid waste management are the major constraints to solid waste management in the metropolis in which solid waste in crisis stage. A workable strategy for the management of solid waste based on the prevailing economic and educational state of the residence in the metropolis has been presented.