Comparative analysis of hazardous household waste in two Mexican regions

Delgado, Otoniel Buenrostro; Ojeda‐Benítez, Sara; Márquez-Benavides, Liliana

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2006.03.022

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“…Solid waste generated in many cities in Nigeria is composed of organic materials, plastics/polythene, cans/metals, bottles/glasses, clothes/shoes, and ceramics (Imoh and Udofia, 2005;Aliyu, 2010). Household waste have been found to also contain hazardous and toxic waste such as expired drugs, dried cells, broken class, syringes which constitute serious environmental and health hazards (Delgado et al, 2007).…”

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Residents perception of solid waste disposal practices in Sokoto, Northwest Nigeria

Kaoje¹,

Sabir²,

Yusuf³

et al. 2017

Afr. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.

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Proper waste disposal is a key to protecting public health. Thus poorly managed and disposed waste encourages breeding of insect vectors and exposed public to increase risk of infection. This study aimed at determining the residents' perception about waste disposal in Sokoto metropolis. This was a descriptive cross-sectional survey conducted in Sokoto metropolis. A two stage sampling technique was used to select the survey participants. A set of interviewer-administered questionnaires were used to collect field data. Ethical clearance was obtained from state research ethics committee and in addition, individual informed consent was obtained before questionnaires were administered. Average age of the respondents was 30 years with 50% aged between 25 and 44 years. Large proportion (47.4%) of the respondents had only Quranic education. Majority (94.1%) of the respondents expressed worries about the indiscriminate littering of the metropolis with waste and more than half (55%) reported that residents were responsible for the state of poor sanitation while 38% felt it was fault of government. Although, 91% of respondents said it is appropriate for residents to clean own surroundings, 41% felt residents alone should take sole responsibility for the cleaning; while 40% felt government and residents should take joint responsibility. Less than half (46%) of respondents reported that improper waste disposal have health related problems. Although, majority respondents were disturbed with the way refuse litters the state metropolis, many are unaware of its health related problems. There is need to create awareness among general public of consequences of poor refuse disposal.

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Residents perception of solid waste disposal practices in Sokoto, Northwest Nigeria

Kaoje¹,

Sabir²,

Yusuf³

et al. 2017

Afr. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.

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“…In EU and the USA it is generally reported that the quantities of HHW arising represent 1% w/w of municipal waste [18][19][20]. Inglezakis and Moustakas [21] collected 36 values of HHW percentage (w/w) in MSW [22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36]. The values are presented in Fig.…”

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“…There are items used regularly in houses, trade centers, administrative centers, and institutions, such as cleaning products, selfcare products, medicine, home-care products, automotive maintenance products, electronic equipment, and general maintenance products for machinery. The aforementioned types of products are formulated with substances that, by themselves or when reacting with others, produce additional compounds that when attaining certain concentration levels might be capable of causing severe environmental and public health damage [14].…”

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Household Solid Waste Composition Focusing on Hazardous Waste

Adamcová¹,

Vaverková²,

Stejskal³

et al. 2016

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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“…In other parts of the world, different cleaning products have been reported to produce undesirable health effects (Al-Sekait, 1989;Nhachi and Kasilo, 1994;Saadeh et al, 1995;Bautista et al, 1997;Menon and Kodama, 1998;Gupta et al, 2003;Delgado et al, 2007;Martins et al, 2006). A retrospective study by Arevalo-Silva in Israel (from 1988 showed that the most common caustic agents ingested among all patients with clinical signs of aerodigestive system injury were alkalis (42%), followed by acids (32%), and chlorine bleach (26%) (ArevaloSilva et al, 2006).…”

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Storage and utilization patterns of cleaning products in the home: Toxicity implications

Sawalha

2007

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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Comparative analysis of hazardous household waste in two Mexican regions

Cited by 46 publications

References 12 publications

Residents perception of solid waste disposal practices in Sokoto, Northwest Nigeria

Residents perception of solid waste disposal practices in Sokoto, Northwest Nigeria

Household Solid Waste Composition Focusing on Hazardous Waste

Storage and utilization patterns of cleaning products in the home: Toxicity implications

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