CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Waste is seen as something liquid or solid that is of no use or anything useful that is considered less important or less significant; that is why some wastes are recyclable and waste to wealth programs exist. Resource wastage is a pertinent issue in today’s contemporary business literature and it takes different kinds of forms in homes i.e. domestic wastes, communities and businesses. Waste is seen as a thing that is less significant; then it has to be managed effectively, in managing waste strategy like incineration is one of the ways but recycling and other forms has been pointed to be a lucrative means of managing waste as a resource (Olusegun, 2012 and Agidee, 2013). Waste includes: any substance which constitutes a scrap material or an effluent or other unwanted surplus substance arising from the application of any process, and; any substance or article, which requires to be disposed of as being broken, worn-out, contaminated or otherwise spoiled as asserted by Protection Act 1990, Section 75(2). Omole and Isiorho, (2011) showed that a waste is an excess from a production process that can be used in the production of other components or materials. Most suburbs in Bayelsa state is highly polluted with waste products. A waste may either be domestic waste or household wastes, medical waste, solid and liquid waste, industrial waste, such as waste engine oils, ashes, sewage sludge, industrial metals, that government seek to manage effectively to preserve the environment and increase its economic value.

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