Impact of solid waste disposal on the health of residents of Kpone-Katamanso municipality

Abstract

Wrongful disposal of solid waste materials contributes meaningfully to high rate of diseases in the world of which Ghana is of no exemption. It is in line with this that this researcher took it upon himself to examine the negative effect of wrongful disposal of solid waste among residents along the Sea shores of Kpone-Katamanso Municipality. This research use a descriptive design to collect data. Questionnaire survey with key stakeholders were carried out. The population of the study was thousand (1000) residents staying within the various communities in the municipality of the Greater Accra Region. The Purposive sampling technique was used to select a sample size of 100 respondents who are mostly food vendors, Land Lords and Tenants who stays in the various communities within the Municipality preferable Kpone, Kokompe and Community 25. Questionnaire was use to collect data for the study in which it was drawn from both primary and secondary sources whiles SPSS version 20 was used to analyse the data collected. After critical analysis of the data, the result of the data indicates clearly that majority of the sickness recorded by the Municipal hospital is as a result of wrongful disposal of solid waste within the various communities in the Municipality. The study further made a specific recommendations to the Kpone-Katamanso Municipal assembly of relocation of their major refuge damp which if it is well implemented can help to reduce that rate at which resident fall sick as a result of wrongful disposal of solid waste substances in their various communities and Ghana as a whole.