Volume 61, Issue 338, May - August 2025

Municipal Solid Waste Generation and Management in Enugu Urban

Okorie Uche Nelson^1♦, Eje Brendan Ekete², Ugwu Kenneth Chikwado²

¹Department of Agricultural and Bioresource Engineering, Enugu, Nigeria
²Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu, Nigeria

^♦Corresponding Author
Department of Agricultural and Bioresource Engineering, Enugu, Nigeria;

ABSTRACT

This research aims to determine the quantity of solid waste generated and the management techniques employed in Enugu urban. The author also attempted to find out the type of refuse generated, the amount and the disposal methods in a day, weekly, monthly and quarterly. The population density of the study area was 1,229, 400 at the 2022 census and 1500 well-structured questionnaires were administered to the residents of various occupational status, sex, marital status and age at sample random technique. The instruments and the structured questionnaires used were validated by instrumentation and measurement expert. The average solid waste generated weekly by the residents of Enugu urban was 14,973.72 m3 at the study period. It was discovered from questionnaires that household size, distance of houses from dumping points, pattern of consumption, garbage disposal method and marital status has a significant effect on the refuse generated. It was found from the study that inadequacies of collection trucks, finance and other resources led to inadequate collection and disposal of solid waste and consequent deterioration of environmental quality of the town. The distance of dumping points from household and lack of individual and public dustbins also led to the creation of illegal dumping points especially along access roads, drainage channels and streets that litter the whole environment. Based on these findings, the suggestion is to adequately fund the agency that is responsible in solid waste management and disposal and to circulate infrastructure to enable the agency perform successfully.

Keywords: Municipal, Solid Waste, Generation, Management, Enugu Urban

Discovery, 2025, 61, e20d3123

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi.v61i338.e20d3123

Published: 03 July 2025