Integration of Circular Economy and Eco-friendly Approaches into Sustainable Waste Sensitisation Programme Using Non-probability Sampling Method

Adeleke Taofik Towolawi (), Moriam Dasola Adeoye (), Raheem Adegbenga Akintunde, Francis Olusegun Oladeji, Lukmon Akanni Jinadu, Wasiu Adebayo Hammed, Wasiu Alabi Ramoni, Abiodun Musliudeen Ibrahim and Ismail Kolawole Odetayo
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Adeleke Taofik Towolawi: Fountain University Osogbo
Moriam Dasola Adeoye: Fountain University Osogbo
Raheem Adegbenga Akintunde: Fountain University Osogbo
Francis Olusegun Oladeji: Fountain University Osogbo
Lukmon Akanni Jinadu: Fountain University Osogbo
Wasiu Adebayo Hammed: Fountain University Osogbo
Wasiu Alabi Ramoni: Fountain University Osogbo
Abiodun Musliudeen Ibrahim: Fountain University Osogbo
Ismail Kolawole Odetayo: Fountain University Osogbo

Circular Economy and Sustainability, 2025, vol. 5, issue 2, 975-1001

Abstract: Abstract The daily generated solid waste poses threats to the lives on land and below water, human health and well-being, and humans’ sustainable cities and towns. The concerns from such threats instigated the current study to compare six locations across three states (Osun: Ring Road and Fountain University Osogbo Community, Lagos: Ikorodu and Ikeja, and Oyo: Iwo Road and Samonda) in Nigeria for the respondents’ perception. The study adopted a non-probabilistic sampling method to administer 600 pre-tested copies of the questionnaire, whose Likert-scale format responses were coded in an Excel Spreadsheet and analysed for descriptive (cross-tabulation and bar chart) and inferential (Chi-Square test) statistics using SPSS v23. The pre-tested questionnaire had a Cronbach value of 0.848 for good reliability (or internal consistency) of the 35 variables across six sub-themes, the analysed data showed variations in the responses across the three states having two locations each, and the Chi-Square tests indicated different significant levels across the responses. The study observed (like other studies) that despite people’s awareness/ knowledge of threats to solid waste, they still hardly correctly dispose of it. Thus, there is a need to intensify the novel eco-friendly innovation to realise the circular economy for sustainable and integrated solid waste management.

Keywords: Good health and well-being (SDG 3); Sustainable cities and towns (SDG 11); Lives below water (14); Lives on land (SDG 15); Chi-square test; Sustainable waste management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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