Abstract

This study examined the socio-economic characteristics of the operators in selected transport interchange in Ibadan determined the quality and composition of litter generated examined little storage collection transportation and disposal practices of litter generated and identified and examined factors influencing litter management in the study area These were with a view to providing information for policy response to litter management practices The data were collected using multi-stage sampling The first stage was the purposive selection of the four transport interchange The second stage was the stratification of the transport interchange into different operators such as traders and public transport operators The third stage involves the selection of 20 of 177 retail shop outlets and425 umbrella stands A total of 120 trader sand 80 public transport operators were purposively selected for questionnaire administration Information elicited from interchange operators were on socio-economic attributes quantity and composition of litter litter storage collection transportation and disposal and management strategies of litter generated The mean ages for the traders and public transport operators were 35and38years respectively The study established that traders 49 2 and public transport operators 38 8 had secondary certificate The mean income of the traders and the public transport operators were 55 000 and 32 000 monthly respectively The traders 54 1 employed between 1 to 3 persons in their retail outlet while public transport operators 58 5 stay in the transport interchange for minimum of 10minutes It was also established that traders 2 82 and public transport operators 91 3 littered the environment The proportion of litter generated by the operators within the transport interchange are black nylon 86 9 metal scrap 24 6 Traders 60 litter by flinging throwing litter while public transport operators 47 5 litter