A problem in Disguise: A Review Paper on Generous Uses of Polyethylene Bags (Nylon bags) in Nigeria and its Environmental Implications

Gidigbi, Joshua A; Martins, Aisuedion; Enyoh, Christian Ebere

doi:10.3934/environsci.2020038

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“…The in-street wastewater also indirectly contributes to mosquitoes' breeding by creating a shallow water for mosquitoes' breeding. According to Gidigbi, et al [23] and Nigeria Demography and Health Survey [24], malaria remains the foremost public health problem among pregnant women and infants under five (5) years in Nigeria.…”

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The Nigeria’s drainage challenges: An opinion paper on the in-street waste water and its environmental consequences

Gidigbi

2023

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The drainage system is more than a building saving venture, but of life and environment. Inadequacy of drainage system characterised every nook and cranny of major parts in Nigeria, including the Federal Capital Territory, though, it is more pronounced in slums, rural and suburban areas, which accommodate the larger populace. Lack/Inadequacy of drainage system has resulted into improper disposal of greywater, as drainage system is designed to convey waste water to safer place for proper disposal are not available. The consequence of this is seen in a stream of household greywater flow out of the house to the main street. The sight of pipe conveying greywater from bathroom and laundry is a common view in most part of Nigeria, especially in a suburban area, where there is a high dense population. Different severe environmental consequences have resulted from this act, which might be a threat to public health. Also, the practice can also act as a precursor to other ailments in the society. Therefore, there is a need to create awareness on the negative impact of indiscrimate discharge of waste water on the environment. Hence, this paper seeks to review the improper greywater discharge on the street and its possible environmental consequences.

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The Nigeria’s drainage challenges: An opinion paper on the in-street waste water and its environmental consequences

Gidigbi

2023

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“…In Ethiopia, single-use plastic bags are commonly referred to as "festal", after the brand of medicine most frequently prescribed, dispensed in then newly-introduced plastic bags (Silas, 1999). In Nigeria, single-use plastic bags are referred to as nylon or leather bags (Gidigbi, 2020). This could be because its production was incorporated into the vast and historical social and economic networks of informal garment production in Nigeria (Meagher, 2006).…”

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Plastic monsters: Abjection, worms, the Cthulhic, and the black single-use plastic bag

Gibson

2023

Environ Plan D

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The single-use plastic bag is the most legislated item of plastic in the world, banned in over 92 countries. The bans are largely concentrated in Africa and the Caribbean, where the plastic bags are often black and the plastic footprints small. The bans have destabilised essential economic, social, and technical arrangements of marginalised communities reliant on plastic engagements and adaptations to improvise against multiple, overlapping, incursive forms of violence. This article seeks to understand the spatial and material nature of these legislative actions and the particular item of single-use plastic they target. Acknowledging the (spatialised) material realities of the single-use plastic bag, this article argues that these bans are a legislative response to the black plastic bag as spatialised, racialised, sexualised, abject Other. Drawing from monster theory, the article reflects on the trans-corporeal body burdening of black plastic bags and the black hands, black bodies, black markets, and black, corrupt, illicit actions with whom and which they are associated. Reconceptualising the (black) single-use plastic bag as an agape, plastic monster that defines, patrols, and transgresses cultural/economic boundaries, this article calls for making explicit the vermicular activities within economic marginalisation and distinguishing them from the discursively constructed amorphous, tentacled mass.

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Studying the combined influence of microplastics’ intrinsic and extrinsic characteristics on their weathering behavior and heavy metal transport in storm runoff

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Salehi

2022

Environmental Pollution

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A problem in Disguise: A Review Paper on Generous Uses of Polyethylene Bags (Nylon bags) in Nigeria and its Environmental Implications

Cited by 8 publications

References 10 publications

The Nigeria’s drainage challenges: An opinion paper on the in-street waste water and its environmental consequences

The Nigeria’s drainage challenges: An opinion paper on the in-street waste water and its environmental consequences

Plastic monsters: Abjection, worms, the Cthulhic, and the black single-use plastic bag

Studying the combined influence of microplastics’ intrinsic and extrinsic characteristics on their weathering behavior and heavy metal transport in storm runoff

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