ABSTRACT
Increasing population level, booming economy, rapid urbanization and the rise in community living standards have greatly accelerated the municipal solid waste generation rate in Minna metropolis. With about 0.22kg/person/day solid waste is generated and over 20 tons of wastes are dumped in dumping site daily. The main thrust of this study is to carry carryout the assessment of the current practices and commitment to sustainable municipal solid waste management (MSW) of Minna metropolis. The study approach involved the estimation of the quantity of municipal solid waste generated, evaluation of the segregation practices and distribution of structured questionnaires. A daily inventory of each district was carried out, followed by the evaluation of the status of waste management. The results shows that total estimate of municipal solid waste generated per week were 2,312.1kg. The waste comprises of paper waste which amounted to about 31.62% of the total waste, plastic waste which amounted to about 16.80% of the total waste, garbage waste which amounted to about 9.62% of the total waste, polythene waste which amounted to about 18.17% of the total waste and metal waste which amounted to about 23.79% of the total municipal solid waste generated in the metropolis. Also, Auto Cad land development software was used to extract the map of the entire metropolis showing the road network, location of waste bins, land uses and other valuable information?s in a shape file. Consequently, in order to optimize the route for collection and transportation of MSW, and ensure cost effectiveness for waste management authority, total distances covered by the vehicles have been reduced from 196989.0m to 151791.1m, likewise the time will reduced from 1525.9min to 1153.1min respectively. Finally a workable solution was proffered for the waste management authority, in order to help in controlling waste generated, and further provide alternative means of revenue generation through the sales of recyclable materials.