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The factors influencing municipal solid waste generation in bauchi town, Nigeria

This study investigated the factors influencing municipal solid waste generation (MSWG) in Bauchi town, the administrative headquarters of Bauchi state, Nigeria. The study used quantitative method, while experiments and questionnaire surveys, were used as the major instruments for data collection. D...

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Main Authors: Harir, Adamu Isa, Gana, Bukar Abba, Kasim, Rozilah, Salihu, B. H
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Published: American Scientific Publishers 2017
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TD783-812.5 Municipal refuse. Solid wastes
Online Access:http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4274/
https://dx.doi.org/10.1166/asl.2017.10027
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spelling my.uthm.eprints.42742021-12-02T01:56:25Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4274/ The factors influencing municipal solid waste generation in bauchi town, Nigeria Harir, Adamu Isa Gana, Bukar Abba Kasim, Rozilah Salihu, B. H TD783-812.5 Municipal refuse. Solid wastes This study investigated the factors influencing municipal solid waste generation (MSWG) in Bauchi town, the administrative headquarters of Bauchi state, Nigeria. The study used quantitative method, while experiments and questionnaire surveys, were used as the major instruments for data collection. Data on solid waste generation and the socioeconomic attributes of residents from 400 households were collected from residential zones within Bauchi town, the study area. Descriptive statistics, Correlations and Standard Multiple Regressions (SMR) were computed for data analysis using SPSS 2.2 software. Twelve (12) socioeconomic factors were computed in SMR to determine the significant factors of MSWG in the study. The results showed that five factors, namely: household size, income, education, house head age and occupation have exerted significant influence on MSWG in the study area. The results also showed that F (5:362) = 84.058 at p ≤ 0.01 and adjusted R² = 0.531; which indicated that the factors in the SMR model have sufficiently explained the variance in MSWG in Bauchi town. The study concluded that the five significant predictor factors have adequately explained the variance of MSWG in the study area. Therefore, the factors have implications for planning of effective waste management system in Bauchi town, Nigeria. American Scientific Publishers 2017 Article PeerReviewed Harir, Adamu Isa and Gana, Bukar Abba and Kasim, Rozilah and Salihu, B. H (2017) The factors influencing municipal solid waste generation in bauchi town, Nigeria. Advanced Science Letters, 23 (9). pp. 9081-9084. ISSN 1936-7317 https://dx.doi.org/10.1166/asl.2017.10027
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topic TD783-812.5 Municipal refuse. Solid wastes
spellingShingle TD783-812.5 Municipal refuse. Solid wastes
Harir, Adamu Isa
Gana, Bukar Abba
Kasim, Rozilah
Salihu, B. H
The factors influencing municipal solid waste generation in bauchi town, Nigeria
description This study investigated the factors influencing municipal solid waste generation (MSWG) in Bauchi town, the administrative headquarters of Bauchi state, Nigeria. The study used quantitative method, while experiments and questionnaire surveys, were used as the major instruments for data collection. Data on solid waste generation and the socioeconomic attributes of residents from 400 households were collected from residential zones within Bauchi town, the study area. Descriptive statistics, Correlations and Standard Multiple Regressions (SMR) were computed for data analysis using SPSS 2.2 software. Twelve (12) socioeconomic factors were computed in SMR to determine the significant factors of MSWG in the study. The results showed that five factors, namely: household size, income, education, house head age and occupation have exerted significant influence on MSWG in the study area. The results also showed that F (5:362) = 84.058 at p ≤ 0.01 and adjusted R² = 0.531; which indicated that the factors in the SMR model have sufficiently explained the variance in MSWG in Bauchi town. The study concluded that the five significant predictor factors have adequately explained the variance of MSWG in the study area. Therefore, the factors have implications for planning of effective waste management system in Bauchi town, Nigeria.
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author Harir, Adamu Isa
Gana, Bukar Abba
Kasim, Rozilah
Salihu, B. H
author_facet Harir, Adamu Isa
Gana, Bukar Abba
Kasim, Rozilah
Salihu, B. H
author_sort Harir, Adamu Isa
title The factors influencing municipal solid waste generation in bauchi town, Nigeria
title_short The factors influencing municipal solid waste generation in bauchi town, Nigeria
title_full The factors influencing municipal solid waste generation in bauchi town, Nigeria
title_fullStr The factors influencing municipal solid waste generation in bauchi town, Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed The factors influencing municipal solid waste generation in bauchi town, Nigeria
title_sort factors influencing municipal solid waste generation in bauchi town, nigeria
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url http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4274/
https://dx.doi.org/10.1166/asl.2017.10027
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