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Household Solid Waste Management and Environmental Impacts in the Ibadan Metropolis, Nigeria

Author(s): Taiwo Olusegun Ogunwale 1 , Peter B. Oladeji 2 , Adekunle Benjamin Oyedare 2 , Simeon Oyesoji Oyetola 3 , Ayodeji Isaac Oluwalana 4 , Taofeek Adekola Basiru 5 , Peter O. Ogungbile 1 , Francis Adeniyi Balogun 6 , Oluwaseun Adewunmi Oduah 7 , Oluwaseun Femi Ogunrinola 8
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1 Department of Biological Sciences (Environmental Management and Toxicology Unit), Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences, Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria
2 Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Environmental Design and Management, Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria
3 Department of Soil and Land Resource Management, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Abuja, Nigeria
4 Office of Physical Plant, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16801, USA
5 School of Community Health, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, University of Lagos, Nigeria
6 Department of Community Health, Faculty of Basic Medical and Health Sciences, Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria
7 Department of Physics, Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences, Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria
8 Institute of Ecology and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, 220005, Nigeria

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Given the current rate of urbanization, municipalities in most Nigerian cities have struggled with the collection, transportation, and disposal of solid waste. This is due to waste generation, both residential and commercial, occurring in a dispersed manner across homes, buildings, streets, parks, and even vacant spaces within communities. This manuscript aims to evaluate the state of municipal solid waste management in Ibadan, household solid waste storage practices, and the locations of solid waste storage containers (skip points) in relation to accessibility and health risks to the community, in accordance with Nigerian National Solid Waste Management Standards and other pertinent international standards. A structured questionnaire was distributed to 21 micro and small firms and 250 homes in each of the three local government areas of the metropolis, with descriptive statistics used to interpret the data. According to the study results, inadequate Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) service delivery in the Ibadan metropolitan area can be attributed to several issues, including a lack of institutional coordination among urban planners. The study’s conclusions indicate that the state of MSWM in the sampled areas is either inadequate or has poor spatial coverage and container utilization. Lastly, the study primarily suggests that these measures can reduce problems associated with MSWM by encouraging public-private partnerships, fostering effective institutional coordination with urban planner consultants in MSWM and skip-point location, and motivating the community to adopt integrated sustainable Solid Waste Management (SWM) strategies.

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SUBMITTED: 03 September 2024
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PUBLISHED: 26 October 2024
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.53623/idwm.v4i2.488

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Ogunwale, T. O. ., Oladeji, P. B. ., Oyedare, A. B. ., Oyetola, S. O. ., Oluwalana, A. I., Basiru, T. A. ., Ogungbile, P. O. ., Balogun, F. A. ., Oduah, O. A. ., & Ogunrinola, O. F. . (2024). Household Solid Waste Management and Environmental Impacts in the Ibadan Metropolis, Nigeria . Industrial and Domestic Waste Management, 4(2), 84–105. https://doi.org/10.53623/idwm.v4i2.488
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micro and small firm household waste solid waste management waste impact Ibadan metropolis
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