回收和废物管理的进步

Economic and Utilization Potentials of Solid Wastes Management in Urban Markets of Ibadan

Abstract

Aina Kehinde S and Ademola Adeola A 

The study evaluates solid waste management techniques in two selected markets in Ibadan in order to determine solid waste management for the purpose of efficient utilization potentials and economic benefits. The markets selected are Aleshinloye and Bodija markets which are built to meet national standard. Oral interview was conducted on the randomly selected respondents using well-structured questionnaires and review of published literature was also adopted for this study. The nature and composition of solid waste generated, disposal techniques, recycling, and potentials of waste management techniques in relation to the socio-economic characteristics of the traders in the markets were investigated. 200 questionnaires were administered to the study areas and the data obtained were analyzed using frequency, bar charts and chi-square for the solid waste techniques between both markets. The findings showed that there are variations in all the variables and revealed that the techniques used for waste management in both markets were inadequate. It was recommended that awareness campaign should be set up for proper waste management process through proper education among the traders especially. This paper also suggests that State and local government should collaborate with other environmental agencies in managing, constructing and building waste recycling plant and government should assist in other logistics to allow smooth running of the factory. Finally, it was recommended that urban renewal strategy should also be adopted for future reference.