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    Assessment of Waste Management Practices in Ibadan South East Local Government, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
    (Lead City University, Ibadan, 2023-12) Adenike Oluwaseun OBISESAN
    The study is examines theAssessment of Waste Management Practices in Ibadan South East Local Government Area, Ibadan Oyo State. Waste dumping spaces are sometimes being chosen without care. These spaces are neither provided by the local authority nor community administration. This has resulted in the littering, indiscriminate dumping and overflowing of skips, bins/dumpsters with waste in every nook and cranny of big cities and all-round the country in general.A cross-sectional study design was used to carry out the research and a two-stage cluster sampling is used to select respondents for this research which a total 365 administered questionnaires were distributed randomly in Ibadan south east local government, and data analysis was done by means of statistical package for social sciences. The result revealed that the socio-economic characteristics of the households in the study area have influence on waste collection and disposal interms of their age, educational levels and occupation status etc. The mean age of the respondents is is 33.30 +11.951 years. The major types of waste generated from the locality are food residues 29% and paper waste 17%. Whereas 60.1% of the respondent uses the waste management for collection of waste,26% of the respondents practices poor waste management which include burning, dropping in drainage channels , open dumping e.t.c Age, Educational status and occupational status of respondent have significantly influenced their practices on disposal/ collection the waste in the house (p < 0.05).Conclusively, Proper waste management is essential for sustainable and healthy living conditions, residents of Ibadan south east needs health education, regular provision of waste collection points. To solve these problems, the study recommended that the waste management department be well resourced to carry out its functions. The study also suggested that residents be made to bear some of the cost of waste disposal. Keywords: Practices, Ibadan southeast, Waste management, Challenges. Word Count – 300