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The Use of Waste Management Techniques to Enhance Household Income and Reduce Urban Water Pollution

In: Elements of Bioeconomy

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  • Olayiwola A. Akintola
  • Olufunmilayo O. Idowu
  • Suraju A. Lateef
  • Gbenga Adebayo
  • Adekemi O. Shokalu
  • Omolara I. Akinyoola

Abstract

Appropriate waste management options are major concerns in the developing world. Current methods include incineration in the open and accumulation of wastes in designated places where they constitute nuisance to the environment. Apart from air pollution from the incinerators, leachates from decomposed wastes are either washed off where they serve as source of pollutants to the adjourning streams and rivers or contaminate groundwater through deep percolation. We present viable options for managing agricultural wastes in this chapter. The options presented are so simple and sustainable such that it can be managed by individuals. Hence, they are independent of the government bureaucratic bottlenecks that have been the bane of the previous government interventions. If embraced, it will also serve as sources of income for the concerned household, hence enhance their livelihood.

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  • Olayiwola A. Akintola & Olufunmilayo O. Idowu & Suraju A. Lateef & Gbenga Adebayo & Adekemi O. Shokalu & Omolara I. Akinyoola, 2019. "The Use of Waste Management Techniques to Enhance Household Income and Reduce Urban Water Pollution," Chapters, in: Krzysztof Biernat (ed.), Elements of Bioeconomy, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:192372
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.85580
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    Keywords

    environmental pollution; water pollution; waste management; waste-to-wealth;
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    JEL classification:

    • L16 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Industrial Organization and Macroeconomics; Macroeconomic Industrial Structure

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