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Barriers and Solutions for Sustainable Household Waste Management in Lagos, Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-09T16:31:27Z
dc.date.available2025-01-09T16:31:27Z
dc.date.issued2025-01-09
dc.description.abstractWaste management is a growing challenge in Nigeria, with major environmental, health, and economic implications for its population. Several factors hinder adequate household waste management practices in Lagos. The infrastructure for waste collection and disposal is lacking, with insufficient waste collection trucks and storage capacity, overflowing and limited dumping sites, and inadequate recycling plants or companies. While these structural gaps will have to be filled to promote sustainable waste management in Lagos, behavioral science can also play a vital role in uncovering how decisions that affect the environment are made. This note sheds light on psychological, cognitive, emotional, cultural, and social factors contributing to waste mismanagement by Lagosians and provides recommendations for overcoming them. Based on a survey and qualitative data collected from residents of Lagos, this document summarizes the challenges that individuals face at various stages of the waste management journey - from planning and shopping, till final disposal.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099010325182049777/P1778091f0acfb07a1af631cf352c02b764
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/42647
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subjectWASTE MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectSANITATION
dc.subjectBEHAVORIAL SCIENCE
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES
dc.titleBarriers and Solutions for Sustainable Household Waste Management in Lagos, Nigeriaen
dc.typeWorking Paper
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okr.date.disclosure2025-01-09
okr.date.lastmodified2025-01-06T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099010325182049777/P1778091f0acfb07a1af631cf352c02b764
okr.guid099010325182049777
okr.identifier.docmidP177809-f0acfbad-5486-477a-af63-cf352c02b764
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34443005
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34443005
okr.identifier.report196089
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okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099010325182049777/pdf/P1778091f0acfb07a1af631cf352c02b764.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica Western and Central (AFW)
okr.region.countryNigeria
okr.sectorPublic Administration - Water, Sanitation and Waste Management,Other Public Administration
okr.themeWater Institutions, Policies and Reform,Mitigation,Gender,Human Development and Gender,Environment and Natural Resource Management,Watershed Management,Biodiversity,Water Resource Management,Environmental policies and institutions,Climate change,Adaptation,Renewable Natural Resources Asset Management
okr.topicWater Supply and Sanitation::Urban Solid Waste Management
okr.topicUrban Development::Urban Water & Waste Management
okr.topicEnvironment::Pollution Management & Control
okr.topicSocial Development::Social Analysis
okr.unitAFR 1 Regional Director (SAWDR)
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