Abstract
The study focused on proper solid waste management practices among the
undergraduates of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Specifically, it
determined barriers to undergraduate students’ participation in solid waste
management and ways of enhancing such participation. It was a survey.
The population was made up of undergraduates. Questionnaire was used
for data collection. Frequencies, percentages and Chi-square (χ²) were used
for data analysis. Findings include 13 barriers to undergraduates’ proper
solid waste management practices and six ways of enhancing their waste
management practices. Barriers include, among others, low environmental
consciousness/awareness, lack of enforcement of environmental laws, and
non-adherence to policies guiding solid waste management in the school.
Ways of enhancing practices, include: provision of waste bins and
containers at strategic places, etc. There was no significant difference
between the male and the female undergraduate students and barriers to
proper solid waste management practices (p > .05). It was recommended,
among others, that the school management should provide more waste bins
at strategic places.