A PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF SOIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR OF DEGREE IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF SOIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
CERTIFICATION
This is to certify that this project work was carried out by Martins Library with Registration Number xxxxxxxxxxxx and has been approved by the Department of Soil And Environmental Management, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Management
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DEDICATION
This work is being dedicated to all the Environmentalist all over the world, the lovers of earth species, to follow creatures
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I humble myself before God Almighty for his too far away merited favour giving to me all the way, until this final stage.
ABSTRACT
A clean and sanitary environment is a non-negotiable vital essence of human life. The supporting roles of the environment pre-suppose that human beings should jealously guard against its contamination or pollution. The rate of urbanization and urban growth is high in developing country such as Nigeria which is experiencing an increase in social, economic and development activities. The effect of this process is sustained transitional culture and pressure on infrastructural facilities and services provided in urban centers. One of such services is the collection and disposal of refuse. The incessant indiscrimination in the disposal of domestic polythene waste arising from our homes has assumed such dimensional that constitute a danger to the environment and to our very existence. Heaps of polythene waste has become features of urban centers. This pollutes the air with offensive odours, habour bacteria, insects and rodents which cause diseases that endanger public health. The refuse menace has in its wreaked havoc on drainage lines, pedestrians and vehicular traffic and causing image problems for city dwellers and government. The obvious inability of structures put in place to manage this problem has become a source of worry to both individual and government. Hence the goal of this research is to determine the effects of indiscriminate disposal of domestic polythene waste in Abakaliki urban physical environment with a view to evolving a sound domestic polythene waste management in Abakaliki Urban environment. Extensive collections of secondary and primary data were made in this research. The secondary data were sourced from books, journal, while the primary was sourced from the field by the instrument of the questionnaire, interviews and personal observations. Method of analysis used was chi-square. The findings confirmed that people’s environmental awareness is significantly related to indiscriminating disposal of domestic polythene waste in Abakaliki Urban environment.
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