A PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
SOIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR OF
DEGREE IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF SOIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT
FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
CERTIFICATION
This is to certify that this project work was carried
out by Martins Library with Registration Number xxxxxxxxxxxx and has been approved by the Department of Soil And
Environmental Management, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Management
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This
work is being dedicated to all the Environmentalist all over the world, the
lovers of earth species, to follow creatures
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I humble myself before God Almighty for
his too far away merited favour giving to me all the way, until this final
stage.
ABSTRACT
A
clean and sanitary environment is a non-negotiable vital essence of human life.
The supporting roles of the environment pre-suppose that human beings should
jealously guard against its contamination or pollution. The rate of
urbanization and urban growth is high in developing country such as Nigeria
which is experiencing an increase in social, economic and development
activities. The effect of this process is sustained transitional culture and
pressure on infrastructural facilities and services provided in urban centers.
One of such services is the collection and disposal of refuse. The incessant
indiscrimination in the disposal of domestic polythene waste arising from our
homes has assumed such dimensional that constitute a danger to the environment
and to our very existence. Heaps of polythene waste has become features of
urban centers. This pollutes the air with offensive odours, habour bacteria,
insects and rodents which cause diseases that endanger public health. The
refuse menace has in its wreaked havoc on drainage lines, pedestrians and
vehicular traffic and causing image problems for city dwellers and government.
The obvious inability of structures put in place to manage this problem has
become a source of worry to both individual and government. Hence the goal of
this research is to determine the effects of indiscriminate disposal of
domestic polythene waste in Abakaliki urban physical environment with a view to
evolving a sound domestic polythene waste management in Abakaliki Urban environment.
Extensive collections of secondary and primary data were made in this research.
The secondary data were sourced from books, journal, while the primary was
sourced from the field by the instrument of the questionnaire, interviews and
personal observations. Method of analysis used was chi-square. The findings
confirmed that people’s environmental awareness is significantly related to
indiscriminating disposal of domestic polythene waste in Abakaliki Urban
environment.