TY - JOUR ID - 57877 TI - A Review of Local Factors Affecting Solid Waste Collection in Nigeria JO - Pollution JA - POLL LA - en SN - 2383-451X AU - Olukanni, David AU - Adeleke, Joshua AU - Aremu, Damilola AD - Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Covenant University, PMB 1023, Ota, Nigeria AD - Department of Mathematics, College of Science and Technology, Covenant University, PMB 1023, Ota, Nigeria Y1 - 2016 PY - 2016 VL - 2 IS - 3 SP - 339 EP - 356 KW - effective sanitation KW - Investment KW - local factors KW - Nigeria KW - solid waste collection DO - 10.7508/pj.2016.03.008 N2 - The knowledge of local and regional factors that affect effective solidwaste collection plays an important role in choosing appropriate technology. Wastecollection has grown to become a major challenge demanding daily response from wastemanagers and it becomes inevitable to provide stakeholders with necessary information toaid key decision-making. This paper provides a comprehensive and detailed review oflocal-based factors that affect waste collection in Nigeria. Literature study and on-siteobservation were used for getting theoretical and useful information on the collection ofwaste in the study area. The study considered various standard collection technologiesand their supporting factors in order to assess the effectiveness of existing methods. Thecurrent collection techniques existing in different parts of the country together withunique local factors for these various areas are reported. The findings in many casesreveal that the method of waste collection adopted and equipment used are faced withmany challenges. This paper revealed that there is no investment presently made on theexisting development plan to initiate a modern waste collection system. The studyrecommends a new approach that could be used by institutions and government agenciesfor efficient municipal solid waste collection to achieve sustainable and effectivesanitation which will consequently facilitate the development of an aesthetically balancedand friendly environment. UR - https://jpoll.ut.ac.ir/article_57877.html L1 - https://jpoll.ut.ac.ir/article_57877_ebe0a03b174f4d09cab69dcafcb4beee.pdf ER -