scholarly journals The Governmentality of Rural Household Waste Management Practices in Ala Ajagbusi, Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saheed Adebayo Abdulwakeel ◽  
Orjan Bartholdson
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 5903
Author(s):  
Jacoba M. M. Viljoen ◽  
Catherina J. Schenck ◽  
Liza Volschenk ◽  
Phillip F. Blaauw ◽  
Lizette Grobler

Waste management in rural areas poses a major challenge to local governments in developing countries. Municipalities face limited budgets and obstacles with the collection of waste, as well as a lack of proper equipment, infrastructure, and treatment centres. These obstacles lead to further problems, such as littering and illegal dumping, contributing to the knowledge base regarding remote and rural towns in South Africa. This study aims to assess the waste management practices and challenges of households in a Municipality in the Northern Cape, South Africa. The study investigates the household waste management practices, identifies the challenges experienced by households regarding their waste management, and explores their willingness to participate in a separation-at-source program. A cross-sectional research design was used along with a mixed methods research methodology. A sample of 160 interviews was completed over the period 16 to 20 September 2019. Descriptive statistics and a thematic analysis were used in the data analysis. The results indicate that municipalities, and households, will have to collaboratively search for solutions towards effective waste management in rural areas. Financial constraints also necessitate the investigation of alternative ways of managing household waste through cooperation with surrounding towns.


2020 ◽  
pp. 251484862096041
Author(s):  
Kirstin Munro

This paper describes the household waste management practices of self-described sustainable households, focusing on the intentional actions the members of these households take to reduce environmental harm. Data from qualitative interviews about household waste management practices related to the disposal of trash, “packaging”, and recycling are analyzed using a Marxist-feminist model of household production. For the households in this study, packaging is a powerful reminder of their collusion with capital, eliciting powerful and unexpected negative reactions in interviews. At the same time, practices that involve allowing organic matter to decompose in the backyard, leaving urine unflushed, or placing human feces in the clothes washing machine or bathtub elicited few negative reactions, and recycling made people feel happy. Packaging and waste are necessary in capitalism because of the spatial division of labor and production, part of the constitutive contradiction between social needs and private production. I show how a division of labor and production that is necessary for accumulation manifests itself in an inherent antagonism toward human well-being in a discussion of the exhaustion, frustration, and conflict generated for highly ecologically oriented parents who are just trying to do their best to live a sustainable life in capitalist society despite the limits to the efficacy of these efforts.


Recycling ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pradipta Halder ◽  
Harminder Singh

India is currently facing a mounting challenge related to municipal waste management, due to an increasing urban population, and their high consumption lifestyles. India also has the world’s highest number of young people in the 10–24 years age group. The study applied the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) model to predict school students’ recycling intentions in Delhi, the capital of India and one of the highest producers of municipal solid wastes in the country. Data were collected from a school in New Delhi and the sample size consisted of 272 students from 9th and 10th grades. The TPB model explained 56% of the variance in the students’ intentions to recycling. The predictor ‘subjective norm’ appeared to have the strongest impact on the students’ recycling intentions, followed by ‘attitude’ and ‘perceived behavioural control’. It indicated that social factors are driving the Indian youth’s recycling intentions. It is important that the policymakers promote recycling as a social trend in India and provide adequate facilities to the public so that they can participate in recycling activities without facing difficulties. Schools also have a role in increasing students’ awareness of recycling and motivating them to participate in household waste management practices.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (23) ◽  
pp. 12960
Author(s):  
Sophie Gudmann Knutsson ◽  
Therese Asplund ◽  
Gunnar Höst ◽  
Konrad J. Schönborn

The prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse of waste is promoted by the United Nation’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, but many countries lack both necessary resources and infrastructure for sound waste management. While literature pinpoints the need for an engaged public and suggests a range of factors and supportive actions that may impact citizens’ waste behaviour, qualitative in-depth studies for engaging in waste management practices remain scarce. This study aimed to investigate perceptions of waste management and underlying behaviours for waste practices in the context of household waste management in Sri Lanka. Six focus group interviews were held with 23 residents across 6 regions in Sri Lanka. A thematic analysis of the interview transcripts revealed perceptions of four waste management systems, together with five motivational aspects of waste practices in urban, suburban, and rural areas. The analysis further considers how the motivational aspects are interlinked with practices within citizens’ perceived systems. In addition to the novel thematic contribution to the field, the findings can be used as a foundation to inform strategies to communicate with selected target audiences about their local challenges for sustainable waste management practices, in an attempt to influence citizen behaviours.


Author(s):  
Femi O. Omololu ◽  
Akinmayowa S. Lawal

This paper examines the influence of population growth on waste generation in Lagos metropolis, African’s most populous urban conglomeration. Using both quantitative and qualitative methods, the study analyses the pattern of household waste disposal, collection and transportation in Lagos State. It also examines the public-private partnership strategy adopted in waste management. The findings show that population growth significantly influences waste generation and management in Lagos metropolis. As the population increased, the volume of waste generated also increased in each LGA of Lagos State. The public-private partnership strategy has been effective in managing waste, but the Lagos State Waste Management Authority oversight was adjudged as less than satisfactory. The paper concludes that intervention is needed in terms of educating the growing population of the Lagos metropolis on the best waste management practices. It highlights the need for a more efficient and effective publicprivate partnership collaboration to solve this perennial social problem.


Author(s):  
Mariel R. Estrella

Rapid population growth and urbanization over the years has put pressure on natural resources threatening various fragile ecosystems. Naga river in the Philippines became a mute witness to the adverse effects of human activities on its waters. The present study took into account the waste management practices of households along the Naga river to elucidate its relation to the bio-physicochemical state of the river. The comparative analysis of water quality assessment data indicates that there is an observable deterioration of water quality due to its decreased level of Dissolved Oxygen (DO) and above normal pH level. This can be attributed to the continued practice of the households of throwing and discharging 34% and 78% of their solid and liquid wastes, respectively, directly into the river. However, there is a trend of improvement in the Naga river's water quality in terms of other parameters. The study also revealed that the size of built up areas and the household population along the Naga river is not necessarily proportional. Land use and the large household population along the Naga river was found to have higher adverse impacts on the water quality and current state of the Naga river. KEYWORDS: Naga River, water quality, waste management, community survey


2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Younes Ben Zaied ◽  
Nidhaleddine Ben Cheikh ◽  
Pascal Nguyen ◽  
Mohamed Badrane Mahjoub

This paper examines whether a causal relationship exists between waste tonnage and employment when the waste collection is entrusted to a private operator in France (i.e. waste management policy by delegation of service). The empirical investigation is based on weekly data for four waste streams for the period from January 2015 to June 2017. Using nonstationary time series techniques including cointegration, VECM (Vector Error Correction Model) and long-run causality test of Toda and Yamamoto (1995) within a bivariate framework, the results demonstrate potential causal negative relationship between waste tonnage and employment. For three waste streams (i.e. household waste, outdoor garbage waste and miscellaneous waste), the results suggest that waste management practices that aim at entrusting the collection and treatment to a private operator (i.e. waste management by delegation of service) are not economically beneficial to society, because this policy does not favor environmental jobs creation. The paper calls for the adoption of other waste management practices to preserve employment in the waste collection sector.


2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (39) ◽  
pp. 138
Author(s):  
Mougoue Benoît ◽  
Agofak Clarisse Viviane ◽  
Nya Esther Laurentine

L’urbanisation est l’une des grandes caractéristiques du monde contemporain. Elle génère des effets sur l’environnement et le cadre de vie perceptibles à travers la gestion des déchets. En effet, l’urbanisation s’accompagne d’une croissance de la population urbaine qui à son tour induit une production sans cesse importante de déchets, souvent mal gérés. Cette réflexion vise à cerner les problèmes liés aux différentes pratiques de gestion des déchets ménagers dans le quartier Mambanda de la ville de Douala. L’étude s’appuie sur une approche à la fois qualitative et quantitative qui intègre les recherches documentaires, les observations de terrain et les entretiens avec les acteurs-clé du terrain. Les résultats de l’étude montrent que les déchets solides, liquides et gazeux produits dans le quartier Mambanda sont constitués essentiellement des restes de nourriture, d’eaux usées domestiques et résiduaires, des eaux vannes, des déjections humaines et animales… Les populations, l’Etat et les sociétés privées (Hysacam, CIPRE, associations…) sont les acteurs qui se déploient sur le terrain pour gérer ces déchets qui sont généralement déversés dans les rues, les caniveaux, les cours d’eaux, les champs, les drains et les bacs à ordures. La mauvaise gestion des déchets entraine, dans la plupart des cas, la dégradation de l’environnement et du cadre de vie des populations et par conséquent impacte la santé des populations qui y vivent. Ainsi, la forte implication des populations dans le processus de gestion des déchets (campagnes d’éducation à l’hygiène, création et entretien du réseau d’évacuation…) est la meilleure stratégie durable pour une gestion efficace de ces déchets.   Urbanization is one of the great characteristics of the contemporary world. It generates perceptible effects on the environment and the living environment through waste management. Indeed, urbanization is accompanied by a growth of the urban population which in turn induces an ever-increasing production of waste, which is often poorly managed. This reflection aims to identify the problems related to the different household waste management practices in the Mambanda district of the city of Douala. The study is based on a qualitative and quantitative approach that integrates documentary research, observations and interviews with key players in the field.The results of the study show that the solid, liquid and gaseous waste produced in the Mambanda district consists mainly of food scraps, domestic and waste water, human and animal excreta. The populations, the State and private companies (Hysacam, CIPRE, associations, etc.) are the actors who are deployed in the field to manage this waste which is generally dumped in the streets, gutters, rivers, fields. , drains and garbage bins. Poor waste management leads, in most cases, to the degradation of the environment and the living environment of the populations. Thus, the strong involvement of the population in the waste management process (hygiene education campaigns, creation and maintenance of the disposal network, etc.) is the best sustainable strategy for effective waste management.


2020 ◽  
Vol 116 (1/2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Clare Rodseth ◽  
Philippa Notten ◽  
Harro von von Blottniz

A major limitation to improved waste management in South Africa lies in the paucity of reliable waste data and the exclusion of the contribution of the informal sector from reporting. Due to the disparity in the provision of formal waste management services across households in South Africa, omission of the quantified contribution of informal management practices leads to an inaccurate representation of waste management practices in existing waste data repositories. Given the potentially adverse social and environmental consequences of unregulated waste management practices, a lack of representation thereof has the potential to underestimate impacts. As of 2015, 31% of households are reported as lacking a basic refuse removal service; however, this number cannot necessarily be applied directly to waste quantities, given the regional and socio-economic differences that occur in per capita waste generation rates. The total quantity of domestic waste in South Africa and fraction disposed informally are estimated here, taking into account differences in waste generation rates based on income and settlement type. The characterisation and quantification of unregulated waste streams is beneficial in assessing the magnitude of the problem and, where necessary, identifying mitigation action. The results obtained show that 29% (3.67 million tonnes per annum) of domestic waste generated is not collected or treated via formal management options. Of this waste, the majority (85%) is generated in rural areas. The most common waste management option for unserviced households is a private dump. An estimated 94% of households in unserviced rural areas make use of private dumps, while in unserviced urban and metro areas this decreases to 74% and 71% of households, respectively. Illegal dumping is the next most common waste management option for unserviced areas. The proportion of household waste disposed of via illegal dumping ranges from an estimated 5% for unserviced rural households to 27% in metro areas with the balance made up by ‘other’ disposal/treatment options.


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