Solid waste management has to do with handling of solid refuse from their sources of generation and also one of the sources and causes of environmental pollution through storage, collection, transportation, recovery and treatment processes to disposal.

Using this analysis and factor analytic approach, this independent study established that the relationships among significant assessment variables such as residential area type, employment status, monthly income, and size of waste generated and disposed are high, which indicate strong and positive relationships.

The independent study also identified some underlying factors that influence the generation and disposal of house hold solid waste in Ibadan areas. Based on these, the study recommends for an effective, sustainable and proper household solid waste management in Nigerian urban areas, an integrated solid waste management system.

This paper therefore, summarizes all important role of the informal private sector in Integrated solid waste management(ISWM) stream vis-à-vis waste collection, transportation, Recovery, recycling, job creation and poverty alleviation and reduction in line with Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of sustainable development of the environment and reduce to half the world poverty level by year 2015.

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