Waste Recycling/Reuse and Sustainable Livelihoods In Uyo Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
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The aimed of the study was to evaluate the influence of waste recycling/reuse and sustainable livelihoods in Uyo Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The specific objectives include; to assess the influence of recycling on sustainable livelihood and to determine the relationship of waste reuse on sustainable livelihood. Base on the objectives of the study the following research questions were pose; in what way does waste recycling influence sustainable livelihood and how does waste reuse influence sustainable livelihood? To attain to the research questions, two hypotheses were formulated, thus; there is no significance influence of waste recycling on sustainable livelihood and there is no significance influence of waste reuse and sustainable livelihood. The study adopted survey design, the population and sample size of the study was 1,393,000 and 250 respectively. Purposive and simple random sampling technique were used. The statistical tool used in testing the hypotheses was One Way Analysis of Variance.
The result indicated that waste recycling and waste reuse has significant influence on sustainable livelihood in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Therefore, the following are recommended that; there is need for massive enlightenment campaigns to sensitize the people on sustainable waste recycling and reuse as well as outlining it economic benefits, and Government at all level should also consider the option of public-private partnership which has been adopted with huge success in other climes.
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