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We thank all our respondents who gave up their time to be https://doi.org/10.5251/ajsms.2012.3.2.83.92
part of this study.
Al-Khatib, I.A., Arafat, H.A., Daoud, R., & Shwahneh, H. (2009).
Funding Enhanced solid waste management by understanding
the effects of gender, income, marital status, and religious
This work did not receive external funding. convictions on attitudes and practices related to street
littering in Nablus Palestinian territory. Waste Management,
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Author contributions Bakare, W. (2021). Solid Waste Management in Nigeria.
Brussels: BioEnergy Consult. Available from: https://www.
Conceptualization: Beatrice Okoi Ekoro and Olajumoke bioenergyconsult.com/solid-waste-nigeria [Last accessed
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Formal analysis: Beatrice Okoi Ekoro, Ugbe Maurice-Joel Charan, J., & Biswas, T. (2013). How to calculate sample size for
Ugbe, and Favour Achi Inyang-Ogim different study designs in medical research? Indian Journal
Writing – original draft: Beatrice Okoi Ekoro and Ugbe of Psychological Medicine, 35(2):121-126.
Maurice-Joel Ugbe
Writing – review & editing: Beatrice Okoi Ekoro and Faith https://doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.116232
Ubi Okoi Chengula, A., Lucas, B.K., & Mzula, A. (2015). Assessing
the awareness, knowledge, attitude and practice of the
Ethics approval and consent to participate community towards solid waste disposal and identifying the
threats and extent of bacteria in the solid waste disposal sites
This study involves human participants and was approved in Morogoro municipality in Tanzania. Journal of Biology
by Ethics and Research Committee of the Department Agriculture and Healthcare, 5(3):54-65.
of Public Health, University of Calabar, Nigeria, with Chinedu, I., Ezeibe, C., Anijiofor, S., & Daud, N. (2018). Solid
approval number UC/CM/PUH/ETH/1916. Participants waste management in Nigeria: Problems, prospects, and
gave informed consent to participate; hence, this study was policies. Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management,
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