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Assessment Of Potentials Of Waste To Wealth
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1.4 JUSTIFICATION FOR THE STUDY
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are several reasons for continuous research on waste problem at local,
national and global levels. Firstly, the earth‘s natural resources are
fast dwindling, hence the need to conserve the resources. Reuse and
recycle are some of the conservation means for sustainable natural
resource management, including municipal solid waste. This is the
environmental justification for this study. Also, this study will
provide evidence on the volume of wealth/job created from managing
municipal solid waste (MSW) that can be used for future development
planning in the area of employment generation. Evidence from other
countries such as Germany, Australia and the US demonstrate how
significant job creation at the local level has been achieved through
high recycling rates, thus supporting new business formation (Mayor of
London, 2003).
In terms of contribution to knowledge on solid waste
and urban environmental management, findings of the study will form a
base knowledge for researchers interested in that area. It is hoped that
this work will contribute to finding a sustainable way of handling
scrap metal, can and plastic waste menace in Zaria with adaptive
implications for the whole country and beyond.
1.5 SCOPE AND DELIMITATION OF THE STUDY
The
purpose of this study is to evaluate the potential for solid waste
re-use and recycling as a management strategy to create wealth and
promote a sustainable waste management. The spatial scope of this work
are localities in Zaria which include; Samaru, Palladan, Basawa,
Gyllesu, Muchia, Chikaji, Wusasa, Dogarawa, Sabon-Gari, Tudun Wada,
Gaskiya and Zaria city. The areas were chosen based on the prominence of
collection points. By indication, Zaria as used in this study comprises
Zaria and Sabon-Gari Local Government Areas (LGAs), with four (4)
districts namely; Zaria city district, Tudun Wada district, Sabon-Gari
district and Samaru district.
This study will therefore examine
recovery, reuse and recycling of MSW. The focus will be limited to scrap
metal, plastic bottles and cans; since they are the items that are
majorly recovered by the entrepreneurs. The temporal scope for the field
work was limited to one month (i.e. from second week of November to
first week of December 2012).
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]Municipal solid wastes re-use and recycling have multiple socioeconomic and environmental benefits that have not been adequately examined in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. The objectives of this research are to: examine the socio-economic and demographic characteristics of waste management entrepreneurs; identify the sources and destinations of recyclable municipal solid waste; analyse the quantity of waste materials (metal scraps, plastics and cans) recovered, reused and transported for recyclin ... Continue reading---
