A Survey of Household Solid Waste Practices in Barnawa District, Kaduna, Nigeria

摘要

The Barnawa district's settlement pattern is made up of several households in a set of built houses generally regarded as compounds. A semi structured questionnaire was self-administered to a total of 166 households in 105 compounds in Barnawa districts. The compounds were selected through multilevel sampling procedure involving convenient and random techniques. Findings showed in general, households in Barnawa would be willing to pay for improved solid waste management (SWM) services irrespective of household size or their relative wealth-status as measured. However, willingness to pay for improved SWM services was generally common among households least satisfied with the current service they receive. Also household size, location of a household in relation to an existing official solid waste collection point are observed to be major drivers of how much households are willing to pay for improved SWM services in the district.