Styrofoam Food Packs: The Controversy Between Being a Daily Necessity and an Environmental Hazard

Kehinde, Oluyemi and Sunday, Babatunde (2020) Styrofoam Food Packs: The Controversy Between Being a Daily Necessity and an Environmental Hazard. In: 2 nd International Conference, The Federal Polytechnic Ilaro, Ogun state.

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Abstract

Nigeria is considered to be the most populated country on the African continent and one of the bona fide United Nations members (Kehinde et al., 2018), producing over 34 million tons of waste each year, of which only 20-30 per cent are collected (Bakare, 2020), leaving more than 60 percent unattended. Lagos, one of the fastest growing economy in Africa in the world produces about a 20 thousand tons daily. A massive 80 percent of its waste are Plastic Waste, having Styrofoam food packs Waste consisting of more than 50 percent (Olanrewaju, 2019).

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects: T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Engineering Sciences
Depositing User: Mr Adedamola Bameke
Date Deposited: 04 Mar 2021 10:17
Last Modified: 04 Mar 2021 10:17
URI: http://eprints.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng/id/eprint/1287

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