KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND PRACTICE OF DOMESTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT AND ITS IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IN ILORIN WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ILORIN, KWARA STATE

Abstract

Wastes are all things we consider unfit, unwanted and discarded due to economic reasons or ignorance of alternative technologies to re-use them. Human activities create wastes which need handling, storage, collection and disposal as they pose risk to the environment and public health. The aim of the study is to assess and understand the knowledge, attitude and practice of domestic waste management and its impact on environmental pollution. This study applies a descriptive design to assess the knowledge, Attitude and Practice of domestic waste management and its impact on environmental pollution in Ilorin West Local Government, Kwara Statesing multistage sampling techniques. The questionnaire was administered using convenience sampling techniques. Most of the respondents (about 80%) have high knowledge on domestic waste management in relation to environmental pollution. All the p value is less than 0.05 (p value > 0.05 or 5%) for all sections of the research which shows the p value as 0.01 or 1% which reviews that all sections are statistically significant meaning that the null hypotheses was rejected and we accept the alternate hypotheses which shows that there is significant relationship between the respondent responses in relation to pollution. Since there is significant relationship (i.e. p value is 0.01 which is less than the set hypothesis)etween Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of waste management and environmental pollution among people in Ilorin West L. G. A, improving knowledge on domestic waste management will decrease the practice on domestic waste pollution such as burning, throwing of waste into land and water bodies. Skip containers should be replaced as soon as possible in communities to encourage frequent disposal of waste. The waste management bylaws should be strictly enforced to punish anyone who disposes waste at unapproved areas such as fines.