Environmental Impact Assessment of Waste Dumpsite in Uyo Metropolis

Godwin A. Usoh

doi:10.56201/ijemt.vol.12.no5.2026.pg75.90

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Environmental Impact Assessment of Waste Dumpsite in Uyo Metropolis

Godwin A. Usoh

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The study was conducted to examine the environmental impact of the main waste dumpsite in Uyo metropolis. It aimed at examining the types of wastes disposed in Uyo main dumpsite, perception of the public on the dumpsite location and operational activities, impact of the waste dumpsite on health, soil and water quality of the surrounding land and waste management strategies adopted at the waste dumpsite. A total of two hundred households were selected and administered with structured questionnaires out of which one hundred and ninety-two questionnaires were retrieved in usable forms. A total of fifty (50) workers were also selected at the dumpsite and interviewed with the questionnaires at the waste dumpsite thereby retrieving all the fifty (50) questionnaires. The questionnaires collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results showed that majority of the residence and the workers were male with 66.7% and 64 % respectively. Marital status of the respondents revealed that most of the residence and dumpsite workers were married with 70.3 % and 48 % respectively. Result also revealed that majority of the residence were between 31-40 years with 51 % while majority of the dumpsite workers aged between 41 and 50 years (40 %) with no respondent below 20 years. The highest occurring level of education of the residence was secondary school with 51.6 % followed by tertiary education with 24 % while the highest occurring education among the dumpsite workers was secondary school with 48 % followed with no formal education with 26 %. Employment status of most of the residence was self-employed with 54.2 % followed by employed with 27.1% while the employment status of most of the dumpsite workers was employed with 48 % followed by self-employed by 32 %. The highest housing status among the residence was tenant with 83.3 % while house owners occupy the remaining 16.7 %. The highest occurring types of wastes disposed on the dumpsite include food wastes with 100 % of the residence and dumpsite workers followed by nylon with 100 % of the residence and dumpsite workers respectively while textile waste was the third ranking type of waste disposed in the dumpsite with 94.3 % of the residence and 68 % of the dumpsite workers. Majority of the residence (91.7%) accepted that they can contact sickness and diseases from the dumpsite while all the dumpsite workers (100 %) accepted that they can contact sickness and diseases from the dumpsite. Also, 96.9 % of the residence accepted that the dumpsite affects soil and water quality in the surrounding as also confirmed by all the dumpsite workers (100%) while 68 % objected to the dumpsite location. The study has shown that food wastes is the highest occurring type of waste disposed in the dumpsite followed by nylon and plastic. The food debris has the potential to be composted and plastics can be IJEMT recycled, which were mainly disposed without separation. Therefore, it is recommended that MSW management authority should focus on utilizing this organic waste through a larger scale and wider involvement of households in composting programme.

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HouseholdSurroundingWaste ManagementQuestionnaireDumpsite

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