Urban Solid Waste Management and It's Implication on Health

Solid waste comprises all the waste arising from the human and animal activities that area normally solid, discarded as useless or unwanted. It includes by production of process, lines or material that may be required by law to be disposed. The study scrutinized the Urban Solid Waste Management and It's Implication on Health using Abeokuta South L.G.A. in Ogun State as a case study. In achieving this aim, the following specific objectives were laid out to know the physical, chemical and biological effect of Solid Wastes on underground water and determine the amount of wastes within the study areas and identify factors that affects waste disposal and the type of solid waste disposal system that will aid economic development of the state. The problem of Solid Wastes and its effect on the quality of underground water is now the focus of attention all over the world. The problem of waste generation in the country in the recent past had been quite tremendous, necessitating the need for this project. The menace of Solid Waste generation is most prominent in developed and industrialized countries; this is because complexity of generated waste is directly proportional to development in science and technology. Construction and operation of land filling material, recovery system, and incineration systems have become very costly. The study will be relevant to policy makers and implementers will benefit immensely from this study especially from its finding and recommendations. It would also help stimulating indiscriminate disposal of solid waste.