ABSTRACT
The research focuses on prospects and challenges of Enugu State Waste
Management Authority (ESWAMA). The objective of this study include; to
identify the challenges encountered by ESWAMA in managing waste; to
evaluate the waste disposal systems of ESWAMA; and to identify the prospects
from waste management. Primary and secondary sources of data were used.
The population of the study was 209, from which the sample size of 137 was
determined using Taro Yamani’s formula. The research instruments used were
questionnaire and interview.
Chi- square was used to test the hypotheses. The
findings from the study reveals that; poor management and insufficient waste
disposal facilities are the challenges encountered by ESWAMA in managing
waste in Enugu; hog feeding, open dumping, incineration, resources
recovering, composition and phrolysis are the waste disposal systems of
ESWAMA; environmental protection and preservation are the prospects from
waste management. Based on the findings, the researcher recommends that;
ESWAMA need to make every effort to safeguard the environment and reduce
the hazardous effect which unhealthy environment can cause to individuals and
society at large; abattoirs should be supervised by health sanitary inspectors;
sensitization programs organized by the government through ESWAMA should
be pronounced to reach the grass root in order to secure and preserve the
environment; finally, the time for refuse collection should be change to night,
this will prevent air pollution during the day.
