Waste Management and Health Consequences among Residents of Ajipowo Community Akure Metropolis, Ondo State Nigeria
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It has been observed that improper waste disposal and management is common with developing countries. Based on this, the ensuing paper investigated waste management and the health impact among residents of Ajipowo community Akure metropolis, Ondo state Nigeria. A descriptive research design was adopted and the research data was collected using a well-structured, self-developed and validated questionnaire tagged (WMHCARACA). Two hundred (200) participants were used for the study. Simple frequency count, percentages and mean was used to describe the demographic characteristics of the population while the hypotheses were tested using of One Sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test to test the significant relationship of each of the 5 hypotheses stated in the study at 0.05 level of significance. In conclusion, the study showed that ineffective waste disposal method, improper waste management, dirty environment, non availability of waste bins and increase in population all have positive strong relationship with the health impact of residents of Ajipowo community Akure metropolis, Ondo state Nigeria. Recommendations that could enhance proper waste disposal and management were suggested in the study.
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