Awareness on waste segregation at source and willingness to pay for collection service in selected markets in Ga West Municipality, Accra, Ghana
| Autor: | Dzidzo Yirenya-Tawiah, Elaine T. Lawson, Lois Eyram Agbefe |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Solid waste management
media_common.quotation_subject 0211 other engineering and technologies 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Metropolitan area Agricultural economics Work experience Environmental issue Willingness to pay Mechanics of Materials Service (economics) Marital status 021108 energy Business Waste Management and Disposal 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Waste disposal media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management. 21:905-914 |
| ISSN: | 1611-8227 1438-4957 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10163-019-00849-x |
| Popis: | Proper solid waste management has become a critical environmental issue for Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies in Ghana. Despite the efforts of authorities to remediate the issue, it remains a great hurdle to overcome. This study assesses the readiness of the Ga West municipality to integrate waste segregation into solid waste management in its markets. Interviews conducted with key stakeholders and questionnaires administered to traders were analysed using a binomial logistic model. Findings from the interviews reveal that the municipality, in the period of this study, not only had no bylaws for waste segregation, but was also inadequately resourced. In addition, we found that 60% of the traders were willing to segregate waste, though only 23.4% were willing to pay for its collection. Income, work experience, and marital status were found to influence willingness to separate waste at source (P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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