SAY NO TO POLLUTION & YES TO RECYCLE

 

SAY NO TO POLLUTION & YES TO RECYCLE

The Responses according to the survey were as follows, 45.2% were female while 54.8 were male. Majority of the responses came from the rural population as opposed to urban set up.

The larger population 59.5 % disposes their wastes in their home gardens whereas another 35.7% use other means of waste disposal methods.  4.8% use more than one method of garbage disposal.

According to the Survey: Solid wastes is the most disposed waste at 66.7%, followed by Recyclable waste at 23.8 % , then Liquid wastes at 7.1% and lastly hazardous wastes at 2.4 %.

Majority of the respondents said that they dispose the wastes so as to keep the environment clean while a few said that they dispose the wastes so as to get rid of it after use.

50% of the respondents dispose their wastes weekly, 47.6% dispose daily while 2.4 %monthly.

73.8 % of organic Waste is generated with this being the highest number of waste generated by the respondents while 26.2% of inorganic waste is generated.

Majority of the respondents finds it easy to dispose organic wastes as opposed to inorganic wastes.

Most of the respondents believe that the wastes disposed carelessly leads to contamination of water bodies which makes it unfit for consumption.