ASSESSMENT OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN AKOKO SOUTH-WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA ONDO STATE, NIGERIA.

ABSTRACT The rapid increase in the production and consumption processes has made the societies generate solid materials regularly from various sectors like agricultural, commercial, domestic, industrial and institutional. It is by this observation that this study assessed the solid waste management in Akoko South-West Local GovernmentArea of Ondo State. Descriptive research design of the survey type was employed in the study. The population consists of all residents in Akoko South-West Local GovernmentArea of Ondo State. A total number of three hundred (300) respondents were drawn from four (4) quarters in Akoko South-West Local GovernmentArea by multistage and purposive sampling technique. A self-constructed questionnaire was used for data collection. The data collected were statistically analyzed using frequency count, simple percentage and mean. The findings of the study revealed that solid waste generated in Akoko South-West Local Governmentarea of Ondo State are not hazardous in nature. Also, collection of solid waste in Akoko South-West Local Governmentarea are not effective. Furthermore, there are no stable techniques/systems of transporting solid waste in Akoko South-West Local Governmentarea of Ondo state. In addition, residents in the local government embraced the use of different method of disposal which includes burning. It was concluded that solid waste generated in Akoko South-West Local Governmentarea of Ondo State are not hazardous in nature. Collection of solid waste in Akoko South-West Local Governmentarea are not effective. No stable techniques/systems of transporting solid waste in Akoko South-West Local Governmentarea of Ondo state and residents embraced the use of burning as a method of disposal. Based on the findings of the study, the following recommendations were made: government should ensure the conduction of massive information dissemination campaign on solid waste management to promote public awareness and change the culture of throwing the waste in water in the Local government areas and in Ondo state, residents must ensure payment is made for the solid waste collectors at a giving time, and private organization and waste management authorities must improve their methods of solid waste transportation by allocating or buying more vehicles for transportation of solid waste.