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• TITLE: Assessment of Waste Management Practices among Residents of Owerri Municipal Imo State Nigeria

  AUTHORS: P. O. U. Adogu, K. A. Uwakwe, N. B. Egenti, A. P. Okwuoha, I. B. Nkwocha

  KEYWORDS: Waste Management, Knowledge, Practices, Owerri, Nigeria

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Environmental Protection, Vol.6 No.5, May 11, 2015

  ABSTRACT: Poor waste management has been a major problem to human existence and it affects both rural and urban areas. Various methods of waste disposal exist and this study assessed the waste man-agement practices among residents of Owerri Municipal, Imo state, Nigeria. It was a descriptive cross sectional study in which a total of 282 residents of Owerri Municipal were selected by multistage sampling technique and studied using self and interviewer administered questionnaires. The results showed that 90% of respondents were aware of waste management while 97.5% had posi-tive attitude towards it. The major types of waste generated from households were food residues (97.1%) and vegetable products (95.4%). Also poor waste management practices among residents include open dumping, practiced by 66.3% of the residents and burning as practiced by 62.4% of respondents. The commonest means of waste transport to final disposal site was by wheel barrow. Gender and educational status of respondents significantly influenced their knowledge, attitude and practice of waste management (p