IMPLEMENTATION OF WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN:IMPORTANCE, CONTENTS, PROCEDURES, PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS.
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2010
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Oladiran O.J.
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AEC
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Waste management plan (WMP) is an innovative approach for waste minimization. Its usage in Nigerian projects is not rampant and with little benefits. The concept and practice of WMP is not detailed and elaborate in Nigeria as in some developed countries such as USA and UK. An inquiry into the concept and procedures for implementation of WMP in selected countries will be beneficial to construction projects in Nigeria and like countries. This research proposes to identify the various problems associated with the implementation of waste management plans (WMP) and a recipe of solutions to these problems to facilitate its usage in Nigerian construction projects. It also to examine the importance of WMP, contents and procedures for its implementation from previous works in some countries. A research methodology, consisting of a literature review and a field study, was designed to achieve the research objectives. The literature review investigated the importance of WMP; its contents and procedures for appropriate implementation in San Mateo, Los Angeles, UK and Nigeria. The field survey involves the usage of a questionnaire administered to the targeted population involving private and public construction companies in Nigeria through convenience sampling technique. Data were retrieved and coded manually from the questionnaires after they were returned. These data were tabulated and frequency count was used to identify the rate of occurrence of the problems and the usage of the solutions suggested. As many as 18 respondents suggested 22 problems facing the implementation of WMP while 16 respondents proffered 22 solutions to these problems. Nine out of the 18 respondents who submitted the problems suggested cost/capital involved in executing WMP while ten out of the 16 respondents who proffered solutions posit education/training/ enlightenment of staff on WMP as solution. It is also discovered that various governments in the world are recognizing the importance of and the need for WMP on construction projects. The study therefore recommends inter-alia that intensive awareness and training programmes for staff of construction companies be embarked on to combat these problems of implementation of WMP on construction projects in Nigeria as it is done in other countries investigated.
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1. Oladiran, O.J. (2010). Implementation of waste Management plan: Importance, contents, procedures, problems and solutions. Proceedings: International conference on innovation in Architecture, Engineering and construction, June 9-11, Pennsylvania, USA.