Municipal Solid Waste Management in Enugu: The Challenge of Public Participation

Abstract

Public particpation in environmental waste disposal is critical to the success of environmental sanitation agencies in ensuring a healthy environmental quality. This study investigated the compliance of Enugu residents with the directives of the Enugu
State Waste Management Authority (ESWAMA). Results showed  that residents significantly complied with all such directives, namely taking wastes to neighbourhood dustbin (75.5 %), bagging of waste meant for neighbourhood dustbin (77.5 %), cleaning the neigbourhood on the environmental sanitation day (usually one Saturday in a month) (77.8 %), and payment of sanitation rates (77.4 %).