Journal
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Volume 259, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.110055
Keywords
Source separation; Multinomial logistic regression; Ghana; Solid waste disposal
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- Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)
- Association of African Universities (AAU)
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Poor solid waste management has increasingly taken a hegemonic position in urban policy discourse in Ghani. Often, the discourse centers on free market principles and inflexible waste management laws that promote privatization and deregulation. Recently however, source separation is dominating discussions on policy alternatives. This study investigates determinants of households' source separation behaviour and solid waste disposal options among residents of Ghana's 'Millennium City'- Accra using logit and multinomial logit regression models respectively. The logit regression estimates show that households' source separation behaviour is determined by gender, income, monetary incentives, attitude, compound house dummy, type of service provider and other household location variables. The multinomial logit estimates reveal that gender, age, age square, income, household size, employment, housing type, and attitude predicted household disposal options. We argue that to win the 'garbage war', source separation should be promoted by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly as this may enhance positive attitudes towards proper waste management.
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