Solid waste management problems in la Dadekotopon Municipality of Greater -Accra region, Ghana.
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September, 2019
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Abstract
Inappropriate solid waste management practices in less developed countries, particularly in
urban major communities, constitutes one of the major factors leading to declining
environmental health conditions. Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) is also confronted with
the problem of finding appropriate locations and dispose all the daily-generated solid waste in
Accra. The main objective of the study was to assess the solid waste management problems in
the La Dedakotopon Municipality of Greater-Accra Region of Ghana.
Method
The study was quantitative using cross- sectional study design. The sample size for the study
was 138. The sampling method used was simple random sampling method. Data were analyzed
using SPSS version 20 with Microsoft excel.
Results
The study revealed that more than half (52.30%) of the waste generated by households were food
debris, 28.60% of them were plastic waste and 19.10% of them were bottles and cans. More than
half (73.4%) of the participant dispose their waste indiscriminately and that of designated site
contributed to 26.6%. Majority of the respondent engages in inappropriate practices (57.0%) of
household solid waste management practices whiles that of appropriate practices contributed to
43.0%. Households (80.0%) did not separate their waste effectively.
Conclusion
Socio-economic, behavioral and institutional support factors were potential factors influencing
solid waste management problems. Intensive education of the public, provision of bins and piles
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of containers, enforcement of waste management laws could help contribute to good solid waste
management by the environmental health officers
Description
A dissertation submitted to the School of Public Health,
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana in
partial fulfilment of the requirement for the Award of Degree in Public Health (BSC) .
Keywords
Solid waste, Management problems, La Dadekotopon, of Greater -Accra region