Systems of waste
disposal are designed to eliminate these hazards, but whatever, system adopted
must be culturally, scientifically and politically acceptable to the users and
financially affordable.
The systems
are:
a.
contractual
operation
b.
government
administered
c.
private
system
Contractual operation
This is a common practice in big cities
such as Abuja, Lagos, Ibadan and even
alabar whereby refuse disposal is contracted to refuse firms. They are solely
responsible for collection, final
disposal and treatment of refuse.
Government
administered
This second system is the government
administered programme whereby
either the local government
alone or in collaboration with the state
government manages refuse under the local government edict.
Private system
It is a system whereby the
individual go about collecting
refuse from households, institutions and market squares on a fee then dispose
off it at the government approved sites
accordingly.
These
three systems are not practiced in abakaliki urban but have been in practice in Abuja,
Calabar, Anambra and Lagos. In
Abakaliki, it is only the state government
alone that manager refuse.