Waste Generation and Trend among Households in Bida Town
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2022
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Nigeria Journal of Oil and Gas Technology
Abstract
Urbanization bring about an increase in population with consequent increase in municipal solid
waste generation in Bida, a town with significance economic, social, cultural, environmental,
and national tourism influence as heritage setting. However, there is dearth of basic data for solid
waste management design. This study was carried out to quantify and characterize the solid waste
generated by households within Bida town. A total of 400 households were sampled using a
stratified random techniques base on ‘core traditional’ and ‘modern’ settings. The study
employed experimental approach involves the weighing of household’s daily solid waste
generation three consecutive days for four months using weighing Scale after sorting. The per
capita waste generation and future waste generation was estimated. The result reveals that 1,085
kg of solid wastes was generated at the average generation rate of 0.47 kg/capita/day in Bida.
This indicated that based on this rate the town have generated 150.49 metric tons of solid waste
per day, equivalent to 55million tons in that same year (2020). The scenario is estimated to
increase to 299.58 metric tons per day at an average generation rate of 0.64kg/capita and 1.09billion tons
for the year 2030 based on projected population of 468,096 of the town. This study
revealed rapid increase in the rate of household solid waste generation in Bida, thus recommends
modalities to exploit recycling option to or by converting solid waste to energy thus a good
solution for waste management.
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Muhammad S. Babasaba, Haruna D. Musa, and Memunat O. Akanbi (2022). Waste Generation and Trend among Households in Bida Town, Nigeria Journal of Oil and Gas Technology; 4(1): 01–10. Rivers State University of Science and Technology. https://rsustnjogat.org