PROPOSAL FOR NEW WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN NIGERIA (LAGOS STATE) (MANAGEMENT PROJECT TOPICS AND MATERIALS)
ABSTRACT
Waste and improper waste handling is a significant challenge to developing na-tions in the past decade. Studies show that improper disposal of waste has given birth to high rate of morbidity and mortality in a developing society.
Waste is generally known to be generated from range of human and animal activi-ties, production processes to consumption stage and the management of waste has been a major problem in developing countries where generation of waste per unit of output is much higher than that in the developed countries because of inef-ficiency in manufacturing processes.
Furthermore, corruption at all levels in the society is another major predicament toward sustainable development and effective integrated waste management sys-tem in Nigeria. Proper awareness of the citizen toward economic value of waste produced by them can contribute immensely to the proper handling of waste by the people and it will create a greener environment, employment opportunities and generate revenue to the government.
Therefore the aims of this project is to review Finnish waste management system being a successful example, in order to establish sustainable and effective waste management in Lagos state and Nigeria as a whole.
In this thesis different literatures were reviewed and analyzed to give the theoreti-cal frame work a concrete foundation to complement the purpose and objectives of the research work. Moreover the study uses both qualitative and quantitative ap-proach for vital information to be extracted from the benchmarked companies. The research shows that sustainable and integrated waste management can as well be achieved in Lagos State if there is proper plan, effective environmental policy and cooperation between Government and the citizens.
1 INTRODUCTION
Development is incomplete without sustainability. Therefore, it is highly important in a place, organization or any form of habitant. In this modern day world, there is the need for not only development but sustainability of the environment and world in general. There is a massive need for heads to be put together towards this sub-ject “sustainability”. Sustainability is the continuous improvement of a present state without compromising the future state and for the betterment of the future state generation. As a result of the need for sustainability, there comes the emergence of turning waste to wealth for the benefit of the population.
Increasing population, domestic and industrial activities have led to increase in overall waste generation. Therefore, organizations, communities and individuals have to find ways of managing these wastes in order to preserve and benefit from their habitat. Today, the economic value of waste is enormous. It has been man-aged to generate a lot of resources (clean and green power, revenues, employ-ment and other forms of development) and its effective utilization has led to greener environment and less polluted environment. For an economic value of waste to be generated, the government, organizations and individual at a particu-lar setting have to be educated massively on waste management. This is im-portant in order to have good knowledge about the economic importance of waste and cooperate towards acquiring the profitable value.
