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The production and management of waste has become an important point of interest for hoteliers and their managers globally due to its environmental impacts. In the bid to become more sustainable or environmentally responsible, hotels and guest houses are going green. Thus, this study examines waste management system adopted lodging facilities in Minna, Niger State. Data collection was performed using questionnaire administered to managers of 26 sampled lodging facilities. Result revealed that three units (rooms, kitchen and store/wharehouse) out of the nine units examined produce the highest volume of wastes As plastic, paper, organic, and water wastes are topmost in the categories of wastes produce, while large percentage of the wastes are either burnt, landfill, or dump in the water ways or municipal dump site without seperation. The findings will help foster a new paradigm shift to mitigate the environmental impact of the waste produced by accomoodation outfits
Keywords: waste management; hotel; guest house; source and types.
Jel Classification: Q53; Q54; R11; Z32.
Introduction
Generally, wastes are indispensable and unavoidable by-products of economic and social activities perpetrated diverse group in the society. Globally, millions of tons of municipal solid waste are generated every day, (Yoada et al. 2014) the main culprits for the continuous increase in waste generation are Urbanization, population growth, and economic development. These wastes are largely generated from several sources such as residential households, agricultural products and processes, commercial goods and services, explorations and construction activities, industrial processes, and institutional services see table 1. Daily increases in the quantity of wastes produced by these sectors have created huge problem for the society and the solution to the problem remain a significant challenge for wastes management authorities.
The problem of solid, liquid, and toxic-waste generation in Africa came with urbanization (Yoada et al. 2014). In other words, wastes are direct consequences of daily economic and social activities and have grown to more complex nature globally. The United Nation Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) reported that most developing countries pay little or no attention to the systematic surveying of waste sources and quantities, characteristics, seasonal variations. While future trends of waste generation are poorly understood, there is also lack of comprehensive or consistent information, from the individual...