APPRAISAL OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN BENIN CITY EDO STATE

Abstract

ABSTRACT For any clean environment, there must be the state of the art on municipal solid waste management system. The study was to appraise the present municipal solid waste management in Benin metropolis. Two structured questionnaires were administered in Benin metropolis, one for the residents and another for the municipal solid waste manager. From the results of questionnaires, it revealed that most residents were satisfied with the system waste manager using in collecting their solid waste. Municipal solid waste managers were not satisfied with the system Edo State environmental and waste management board adopted. Therefore, municipal solid waste management system in Edo State was not effective and efficient. From the finding, it was also showed that neither residents nor waste manager, and Edo state environmental and waste management board does not use an applied technology of managing municipal solid waste in the state.