As someone who resides in Lagos state, I have witnessed this issue firsthand. This raised the question - How can waste disposal be properly managed by to reduce environmental pollution?
WHITE PAPER RESEARCH
I began to draw from research materials online about the subject of waste management in Lagos when I stumbled upon a thought provoking statistics by **T.O. Onuminya and E.C. Nze on Research gate**
<aside> 💡 The data collected was analyzed using inferential statistics. Of the 300 questionnaires distributed, 275 (91.67%) were retrieved from respondents and was used in the analysis. Findings showed that 100% of the respondents are aware of LAWMA activities in Lagos State and they noted that waste are evacuated on the average of once in a week by the use of LAWMA truck. Majority of the respondents, 180 (60%), believe that LAWMA activities has only being partially effective in waste management as waste pile up for too long before evacuation takes place leading to dirty environment, disease outbreaks and the immense environmental pollution. According to respondents in the study area, a major draw back in service delivery by LAWMA is the breakdown of waste evacuation trucks; others include non-payment of collection fees by the populace, as well as lack of cooperation from residence in ensuring proper waste management. In spite of the fact that environmental sanitation is done on a regular basis in the Lagos, Metropolis, the amount of dirt on the street is still huge. Waste accumulation results when waste aren’t readily disposed of thereby causing filth, diseased conditions and poor aesthetic appeal.Although, LAWMA in a bid to improve its efficiency has involved private and corporate bodies through a Private Sector Partnership (PSP) program that had been given the license to handle and dispose of waste. However, one fundamental issues observed in this study is the delayed collection of household solid waste which consequently leads to overflow of waste bin and littering the surroundings. Again, it was also recorded that the penalty for defaulter who refuses to pay their monthly collection fees to LAWMA is not enforced and this brings about constraint in funding for the organization and consequently affects their service delivery.
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