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Title: Solid waste management within the central business district of Accra
Authors: Okoe Bosomprh, Charles
Keywords: Solid
Waste
Management
Issue Date: Aug-2019
Publisher: University of Cape Coast
Abstract: Generally, this research sought to explore the need for proper management of solid waste in its collection, disposal and challenges associated with solid waste Management and find out other processes of waste collected goes through within the CBD and ascertain the effectiveness of the control measures put in place to minimize hazards to make waste management more efficient and sustainable. A sample of 60 respondents including market traders, Kaya Borla operators, junkies, store and shop owners and keepers, community residents, Assembly workers, and private accredited and non-accredited waste collection companies. The structured questionnaire used includes a combination of open and close ended questions and Likert type scale with five options and observation were used to gather information. Results of the study revealed that organic waste, plastic; cardboard or paper are the common types of solid waste generated in the Central Business District of Accra. The study therefore recommend that AMA need to regularize their contractual processes for a reliable waste management company that can provide the required services to the people with the private companies improving their services for efficient waste collection services in the CBD while traders and people in the community be made to register for efficient solid waste collection services.
Description: xi, 62p.: ill.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/6410
ISSN: 23105496
Appears in Collections:Department of Environmental Sciences

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