Effect of environmental regulation on sustainable household waste management in Nigeria

Nigeria's 2009 environmental regulatory policy began to restrict illegal household trash disposal, introducing trash bins in many, but far from all, areas. This paper uses national household-level data to estimate the immediate effects of the national policy and geographically heterogeneous fac...

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Published in:Utilities policy 2024-12, Vol.91, p.101823, Article 101823
Main Author: Xu, Dafeng
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Africa
Environmental policy
Sustainability
Trash disposal
Waste management
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Summary:Nigeria's 2009 environmental regulatory policy began to restrict illegal household trash disposal, introducing trash bins in many, but far from all, areas. This paper uses national household-level data to estimate the immediate effects of the national policy and geographically heterogeneous facility improvement. The largest increase in the share of households opting for sustainable disposal occurred in “emerging areas” that historically lacked trash bins but began to introduce them under the new policy. In areas without facility improvement but were otherwise comparable to emerging areas, the policy alone failed to enhance the share of households choosing the use of contained dumpsites. •This paper studies Nigeria's waste management law of 2009.•The provision of facilities—trash bins—was geographically heterogeneous.•Areas that previously lacked facilities but obtained them in 2009 had most benefits.•Without facilities, the law alone generated no environmental effects.
ISSN:0957-1787
DOI:10.1016/j.jup.2024.101823