Multivariate Analysis of Non-Biodegradable Waste Disposal in Imo State, Southeast Nigeria.

Abstract

Multivariate analysis of Non-Biodegradable Waste Disposal was conducted in Imo state, Southeast Nigeria. Data were sourced primarily through the administration of questionnaire to 180 sampled urban and rural farming households. Data were analysed using simple descriptive statistics as well as logit regression model. Open dumping as well as dumping in open sites were the commonest methods of disposing non-biodegradable waste in the study area. The mean size of farmlands dumped with non-biodegradable wastes was 1.08 hectares. The results of the logit regression analysis showed that residential area, manufacturing firms, nearness to road, nearness to public place, fallow length, income level, dump site and awareness should be adequately considered by farmers in locating their farmlands in the study area.