Documente Academic
Documente Profesional
Documente Cultură
NAMES
SIGNATURE
1. OJO DAVID
2. ESHUN JULIUS
3. YEBOAH AFIA SERWAA
4. ABBEY NATHANIEL NII KWEI
5. MIREKU SASU SAMUEL
6. JIKIEMI OMOLADE BABALOLA
7. OSE MICHAEL BONSU
8. BOATENG KOFI AGYENIM
9. SULEMANA MOHAMMED HABIB
10.
MOHAMMED IBRAHIM
11.
OBENG YEBOAH EMMANUEL
INDEX NUMBER
2218014
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2217614
INTRODUCTION
Generation of waste is a byproduct of human activities. Since this cannot be
avoided, the one thing we can do is to manage the disposal so that it does not
affect our environment and living conditions.
OBJECTIVE OF SURVEY
The objective of this report is to investigate the waste management and disposal
system of the University Hall of KNUST. This report also illustrates the composition
of the waste produced in the hall and the routes that it takes to the transfer site.
SCOPE
This report is focused primarily on the system for solid waste disposal in the
University Hall, and the route it takes to the transfer site.
RESIDUAL: This type of waste is economically unfriendly and thus non-compostable and non-
recyclable. It is mainly residue of clothes and contains materials like cotton, and fiber materials.
WASTE MATERIALS
PLASTICS & PAPERS
ORGANIC
INORGANIC
TOTAL
MASS(kg)
PERCENTAGE (%)
29.42
19.34
51.24
100
MASS(kg)
PERCENTAGE (%)
44.41
23.82
31.76
1.05
0.69
1.84
3.58
SAMPLE 2
WASTE MATERIALS
PLASTICS & PAPERS
ORGANIC
INORGANIC
1.51
0.81
1.08
TOTAL
3.40
100
SAMPLE 3
WASTE MATERIALS
PLASTICS & PAPERS
ORGANIC
INORGANIC
TOTAL
MASS(kg)
PERCENTAGE (%)
40.4
40.1
18.69
100
MASS(kg)
PERCENTAGE (%)
17.10
33.25
49.64
100
1.60
1.62
0.74
3.96
SAMPLE 4
WASTE MATERIALS
PLASTICS & PAPERS
ORGANIC
INORGANIC
TOTAL
0.72
1.40
2.09
4.21
DATA ANALYSIS
According to the results of our investigation, there are about three hundred and
thirty rooms in the hall, with about thousand three hundred residents in the hall.
The hall produces about nine thousand liters of solid waste per day. And from our
analysis of the waste produced by the hall, the solid waste is composed mostly of
recyclable waste, and lesser amounts of organic waste. The hall also produces
moderate amounts of inorganic residual waste.
DISPOSAL ROUTE
When garbage leaves the rooms, it goes either to small perforated litter bins
located along the corridors of the hall or larger barrels located underneath the
stairs. Every morning, the cleaning staff collects all of these and convey them in
larger dustbins with wheels to the transfer site which is located behind the hall. And
every week, a garbage truck comes to collect the garbage.
RECOMMENDATION
There can be separate bins for the recyclable materials since they make up a
significant portion of the waste produced by the hall.
Also, the perforated dust bins that occupy the corridors can be exchanged for
ones without holes in them to avoid the problems of the escaping of smaller
grains.