EVALUATION OF ORGANIC WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN SELECTED ABATTOIRS ACROSS LAGOS METROPOLIS

Evaluation of organic abattoir waste management, the associated challenges with the waste management as well as the perceived relationship between waste receptacles and pollution in the environment are the objectives for conducting this research. Both primary and secondary data were employed in this experimental survey. An estimated number of 826 abattoir workers constituted the sample frame and using the Taro Yamane formula, a sample size of 105was derived. Stratified random sampling technique was used because there were different category of workers in the abattoir, while the data presentation was both descriptive and inferential. Findings revealed that majority of waste generated in the abattoir are disposed in nearby open spaces or canal. Non separation of waste, government policies, illiteracy/awareness and lack of viable market for organic waste were the major challenges of organic waste management in abattoirs.R2 value of .352 shows that absence of waste receptacle is 35.2% responsible for pollution in the environment and the P value of 0.001 (which is less than 0.5) attests that there is a relationship between organic management and the perceived effect on the environment.