Authors :
Onukogu Humphrey Franciscoa; Mohd Rusli Yacob; Abdullahi Adamu
Volume/Issue :
Volume 7 - 2022, Issue 12 - December
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7513572
Abstract :
Commercial areas are among the key places
in municipalities that generate quite ample amount of
solid waste of various kindsmajorly due to inefficient
waste managementsystems.However, public
participation has a direct bearing on efficient solid waste
management andthus, peoples’ perception and attitude
towards solid waste have significant influence on success
of the solid waste management system. The objective of
the present study is to explore the peoples’ attitude and
perception towards solid waste in commercial area of
Sango, Ogun State, Nigeria.A survey wasemployed on
200 randomly selected vendorsfromcommercial areas of
Sangousing a self-administered, validated questionnaire
as the research instrument. The data was analyses with
the aid of statistical pages (SPSSv23 and MS Excel) using
both descriptive statistics and interferential (Pearson
Correlation). The result of the study shows that the
respondents have shown high level of positive perception
and attitude towards solid waste management in the
commercial area. More so, age has the strongest
relationship with attitude towards solid waste
management while level of education has the strongest
relationship with their perception about the solid waste
management.Based on the study result, it can be
concluded that attitude and perception about solid waste
management is positively related with age and level of
education. Thus, it can be recommended that efforts
should be geared towards bringing people into solid
waste management in public places such as commercial
areas in order to tap from the benefit of the positive
perception and good attitudes they held towards waste
management.
Keywords :
Attitude, Commercial area,Nigeria, Perception, Solid waste
Commercial areas are among the key places
in municipalities that generate quite ample amount of
solid waste of various kindsmajorly due to inefficient
waste managementsystems.However, public
participation has a direct bearing on efficient solid waste
management andthus, peoples’ perception and attitude
towards solid waste have significant influence on success
of the solid waste management system. The objective of
the present study is to explore the peoples’ attitude and
perception towards solid waste in commercial area of
Sango, Ogun State, Nigeria.A survey wasemployed on
200 randomly selected vendorsfromcommercial areas of
Sangousing a self-administered, validated questionnaire
as the research instrument. The data was analyses with
the aid of statistical pages (SPSSv23 and MS Excel) using
both descriptive statistics and interferential (Pearson
Correlation). The result of the study shows that the
respondents have shown high level of positive perception
and attitude towards solid waste management in the
commercial area. More so, age has the strongest
relationship with attitude towards solid waste
management while level of education has the strongest
relationship with their perception about the solid waste
management.Based on the study result, it can be
concluded that attitude and perception about solid waste
management is positively related with age and level of
education. Thus, it can be recommended that efforts
should be geared towards bringing people into solid
waste management in public places such as commercial
areas in order to tap from the benefit of the positive
perception and good attitudes they held towards waste
management.
Keywords :
Attitude, Commercial area,Nigeria, Perception, Solid waste
