EVALUATION OF SOLID WASTE REDUCTION PRACTICES IN KADUNA METROPOLIS
1Baba, Ezekiel Bahago; 2Maiyaki, Dele Jibrin; 2Musa, Isa
1Departmentof Urban and Regional Planning, Federal Capital Development Authority, Area 11 Garki, Abuja
Department of Urban and Regional Planning, College of Environmental Studies, Kaduna Polytechnic, Kaduna
Email: 1easybahago@gmail.com; 2djmaiyaki@gmail.com; 3isamusa007@gmail.com
ABSTRACT:
Solid waste reduction practices is the current thinking in the global phenomenon. Though, the practice is still a challenge in the third world nations due to high generation capacity of the waste in most urban areas. Solid waste reduction practices is one of the approaches of solid waste management. Though, the approach aims at ensuring that waste is not generated at all, the approach is still not domesticated in most environmental policies in the developing countries. Kaduna State is exceptional in this case. The state has domesticated the approach as one of the solid waste management practices in the state. The study aims at evaluating the solid waste reduction practices in the metropolis with the view of giving recommendations for improvement. The study divided the urban area into five districts and correlation analysis technique was used as a criteria for establishing the rate of reduction of the solid waste management practices in the metropolis. At the end of the study, it was revealed that Over 17.1% of households are already practicing solid waste reduction by ensuring that waste is not generated at all. Among this, Barnawa District was revealed to be the highest rate of involvement in Solid waste reduction practices in the metropolis. This was the fact that the inhabitants of the area are of high income group and have high knowledge in the solid waste reduction as a management practices of the metropolis compare to other districts. Nevertheless, study established that educational and economic status of any area has effect in the practices of solid waste reduction in their area. Based on the established facts of the study, it was recommended that there is the need for an increased awareness of the practice of solid waste reduction in the metropolis and there is also the need for the establishment of national government policy for waste reduction in the country in general and also there should also be provision of facilities that support the practice among others in the metropolis.
Keywords: Solid Waste, Reduction Practices
