PRIORITIZING AND OPTIMIZING SUSTAINABLE MEASURES FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT THROUGH ONLINE AND DISTANCE LEARNING APPROACHES

Waste prevention and management especially in Africa has for decades posited serious environmental challenges such as water, land and air pollution. This research seeks to address a scenario of profiling waste types and design intervention stimulating behavioral change and designs solid municipal waste prevention programme with limited economic resources in mind to arrive at the maximum environmental impact prevention within the municipal solid waste life cycle. A methodology employing cross-sectional and multi-stage simple random sampling technique was proposed. Data was collected by use of structured questionnaire. Classical statistical analyses were processed using SPSS19.0 software. The proposed method was helpful profiling households’ attitude and measures that should be prioritized as high environmental impact. The impact of online and distance learning programme on the behavioral and municipal waste generation and prevention was profiled. Result indicated that online and distance learning programmes enhance households’ knowledge of waste prevention and management. © 2022 Widener University School of Civil Engineering. All rights reserved.