The storage of
refuse could be classified into household and communal. The storage facility
should be provided near the point of generation to prevent indiscriminate
disposal of refuse. (Nnachi, 2010)
Temporal storage of refuse is the responsibility of
individual home, offices or industries. This involves storage
in sanitary standard dustbin with lids,
giant public refuse bins, disposal
plastic bags or waste paper gaskets. In
developing countries majority of
refuse are dumped in an open dumping site within the community. (Ezenwa, 2005)
The standard
sanitary dustbin must be placed on a raised slap convenient to
the users and easy access to the collection crew. It should be water tight and
provided with a tight fitting lid, rust
resistant, structurally sound, easily cleaned and maintained and must have two
side handle. Problem associated with
poor refuse storage include breeding of insect pest and rodents emission of
undesirable odour, unsightedness and environmental pollution, all these
encourages spread of diseases to man Lucas et al (2003)