Waste Management in Bauchi Metropolis: Solid Measure and Characterization in Municipality

• Samaila J. EL-PATEH

  Bauchi State Ministry of Water Resources, Bauchi, Bauchi State, Nigeria

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• Ibrahim IDRIS

  Kano State Ministry of Water Resources, Kano, Kano State, Nigeria

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The research examined waste management in order to prevent diseases in the Bauchi city, Bauchi local government in Bauchi state of Nigeria by technical and scientific approach to utilized generated solid of waste; that is physical composition of refuse dumped out of small, medium enterprises and communities. The study exhausted more than twelve-week when conducting questionnaire, interviews and survey that employed in the collection of the required data. According to National Population Commission (2006) population of Bauchi metropolis and its environs has growth rate of 3.2% annually which identified different percentage embedded to solid waste disposals; composition of dirt, ash and other unidentified objects was 20.2%, paper/cardboard 14.1%, nylon and polythene 16.4%, garden leaves 13.5%, food waste 11.6% while tin cans/metals were 5.1%, textile/fabrics 6.2%, plastic/rubber 6.8% and lastly glass and ceramics waste 6.1%. Over 80% of the waste fraction has the potential for recovery into other products; with this, 42.4% could be recycled and 51.56% suitable for biological conversions such as composting and anaerobic digestion, expected solid waste accumulated in Bauchi capital city daily was 0.30 kg/cap/day, the solid waste management studies may guide stakeholders to pick positive decisions on waste management options.

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