Background: Waste generation is a daily occurrence and requires a proper system of collection, management, and disposal. This function lies on municipal solid waste managers (MSWM) who use manual methods of waste collection and management in the conduct of their activities. This exposes them to various forms of occupational health risks. Aim: The study investigated the occupational risk exposure of waste managers in Port Harcourt metropolis. Materials and Method: This descriptive cross-sectional survey collected data from solid waste collectors or managers who have worked for over a year in the Rivers state, using a researcher-administered semi-structured questionnaire. The data was analysed using SPPS version 23. Results: A total of 317 were recruited, with the majority as males (68.5%), aged between 30 – 39 years (56.5%), married (55.5%), permanent staff (54.3%), educated to the tertiary level (31.2%), have over 5 years of experience (52.1%) and earn between 30,000 – 39,000 Naira monthly (44.8%). Also, 87.1% of the respondents had good practice of occupational health and safety, while 61.5% and 32% of the waste managers have been exposed to work-related accidents and diseases respectively in course of carrying out their job within the last 12 months. Cuts (30.0%), puncture wounds (20.5%), and road accidents (20.2%) as the most experienced hazards by the workers, while allergies (23.2%) and rash/other skin diseases (22.1%) were the most experienced type of illness. Conclusion: The high prevalence of occupational hazards can be attributed to poor working conditions and lack of adequate safety gear. Hence, there is a need for increased governmental budgetary allocation for the provision safety gear and training
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In recent years, the increasing prices of fossil fuels and concerns about the environmental consequences of greenhouse gas emissions have renewed the interest in the development of alternative energy resources. Renewable energy is now considered a more desirable source of fuel compared to nuclear power due to the absence of safety risk and disasters. Considering that the major component of greenhouse gases is carbon dioxide, there is a global concern about reducing carbon emissions to minimize the problem of climate change. In this regard, different policies could be applied to reducing carbon emissions, such as enhancing renewable energy deployment and encouraging technological innovations. Two possible solutions may be implemented to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and hence to overcome the problem of climate change: replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy sources as much as possible and enhancing energy efficiency. In this paper, we discuss alternative technologies for enhancing renewable energy deployment and energy use efficiency keeping into consideration of climate conditions in Libya.
{"title":"A Review of Different Renewable Energy Resources and Their Energy Efficiency Technologies","authors":"","doi":"10.33140/aewmr.06.01.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33140/aewmr.06.01.02","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, the increasing prices of fossil fuels and concerns about the environmental consequences of greenhouse gas emissions have renewed the interest in the development of alternative energy resources. Renewable energy is now considered a more desirable source of fuel compared to nuclear power due to the absence of safety risk and disasters. Considering that the major component of greenhouse gases is carbon dioxide, there is a global concern about reducing carbon emissions to minimize the problem of climate change. In this regard, different policies could be applied to reducing carbon emissions, such as enhancing renewable energy deployment and encouraging technological innovations. Two possible solutions may be implemented to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and hence to overcome the problem of climate change: replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy sources as much as possible and enhancing energy efficiency. In this paper, we discuss alternative technologies for enhancing renewable energy deployment and energy use efficiency keeping into consideration of climate conditions in Libya.","PeriodicalId":476325,"journal":{"name":"Advance in environmental waste management & recycling","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135185683","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lack of basic services is one of the most frequently mentioned characteristics of slum. People living in informal settlements, particularly in slums, suffer more spatial, social and economic exclusion. The basic problems inherent in slums are health hazards, particularly for women. The main of objective of the study is to investigate Slum settlement Development and Its impact on women's health in Gondar town, Chirkos sub city. Cross sectional design and mixed research approach were used for this study. Three Kebeles were selected from Chirkos sub city purposively and sample households were selected using simple random sampling. Among 3237 target population 110 samples were selected. Data were collected from both primary and secondary sources via survey questionnaire, key informant interview, indirect personal observation and document references. Descriptive quantitative analysis and qualitative way of analysis were used to analyze data. Results show that magnitude of slum settlement development is very high. Slum settlers do not get basic home infrastructures and there is problem of tenure security. Migration of people from another place especially from rural areas, higher rate of population growth, prevalence of local markets in the study area, housing provision problem, poverty and income in equality were found factors responsible for slum development. Women’s in the slum have poor habit of keeping their personal hygiene and sanitation and have waste disposal habit. Slum settlement has great impact on women’s health. The main common disease in slum areas includes measles, pneumonia, diarrhea, typhoid and typhus and common cold.
{"title":"Slum Settlement Development and Its Impact on Women's Health in Gondar Town Chirkos Sub-City","authors":"","doi":"10.33140/aewmr.06.01.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33140/aewmr.06.01.01","url":null,"abstract":"Lack of basic services is one of the most frequently mentioned characteristics of slum. People living in informal settlements, particularly in slums, suffer more spatial, social and economic exclusion. The basic problems inherent in slums are health hazards, particularly for women. The main of objective of the study is to investigate Slum settlement Development and Its impact on women's health in Gondar town, Chirkos sub city. Cross sectional design and mixed research approach were used for this study. Three Kebeles were selected from Chirkos sub city purposively and sample households were selected using simple random sampling. Among 3237 target population 110 samples were selected. Data were collected from both primary and secondary sources via survey questionnaire, key informant interview, indirect personal observation and document references. Descriptive quantitative analysis and qualitative way of analysis were used to analyze data. Results show that magnitude of slum settlement development is very high. Slum settlers do not get basic home infrastructures and there is problem of tenure security. Migration of people from another place especially from rural areas, higher rate of population growth, prevalence of local markets in the study area, housing provision problem, poverty and income in equality were found factors responsible for slum development. Women’s in the slum have poor habit of keeping their personal hygiene and sanitation and have waste disposal habit. Slum settlement has great impact on women’s health. The main common disease in slum areas includes measles, pneumonia, diarrhea, typhoid and typhus and common cold.","PeriodicalId":476325,"journal":{"name":"Advance in environmental waste management & recycling","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135360498","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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