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Factors influencing management of dry cell battery waste: a case of Greater Accra Region in Ghana
| dc.contributor.author | Debrah, Justice Kofi | |
| dc.contributor.author | Teye, Godfred Kwesi | |
| dc.contributor.author | Dinis, Maria Alzira Pimenta | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-11-11T14:26:15Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-11-11T14:26:15Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-11-08 | |
| dc.description | Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. | pt_PT |
| dc.description.abstract | Indiscriminate disposal of dry cell battery (DCB) waste contributes to environmental and public health issues in developing countries such as Ghana, due to the toxic nature of this specific waste. Accordingly, a study was conducted in Accra, Ghana, to determine the socio-economic and demographic factors influencing handling DCB waste, aiming a sustainable environment. Using a random sampling technique, a descriptive cross-sectional survey was conducted, encompassing 367 respondents from the Accra-Tema Metropolitan areas and Tema West Municipal Assembly in Greater Accra, Ghana. Using descriptive and multivariate statistical methods, the survey data were analysed with the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 27. The results of this study show that female gender and residential area are likely to positively influence the use of DCB at home. Education significantly affects the use of DCB and its proper disposal. The results also suggest that 78% of the respondents disposed of DCB waste in waste bins. The mean monthly income of the respondents stands at USD 270, which is average and likely partially to positively influence the disposal of the DCB. The data collected revealed that female gender, age group, family size, and education level influence the indiscriminate disposal of DCB waste and DCB waste recycling. The results highlight that educated females above the age of 55, with a monthly income, are likely to properly segregate DCB waste. This study contributes to the knowledge gap in relation to dry cell battery waste management (DCBWM) in developing countries, aiming to advance global sustainability. This study is expected to contribute to educate and create awareness in managing DCB waste to reduce its indiscriminate disposal which leads to environmental pollution and negatively affects human health and environmental sustainability in Ghana. | pt_PT |
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| dc.identifier.citation | APA7th: Debrah, J. K., Teye, G. K., & Dinis, M. A. P. (2024). Factors influencing management of dry cell battery waste: a case of Greater Accra Region in Ghana [Research]. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 196(12), 1-18, Article 1181. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-024-13297-4 | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s10661-024-13297-4 | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.eissn | 1573-2959 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0167-6369 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10284/13347 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | pt_PT |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | pt_PT |
| dc.publisher | Springer Nature | pt_PT |
| dc.relation.publisherversion | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10661-024-13297-4 | pt_PT |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Dry Cell battery (DCB) waste | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Waste management (WM) | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Sustainability | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Greater Accra region | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Ghana | pt_PT |
| dc.title | Factors influencing management of dry cell battery waste: a case of Greater Accra Region in Ghana | pt_PT |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 18 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.issue | 12 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 1 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.title | Environmental Monitoring and Assessment | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.volume | 196 | pt_PT |
| person.familyName | Dinis | |
| person.givenName | Maria Alzira Pimenta | |
| person.identifier | 493603 | |
| person.identifier.ciencia-id | 4710-147D-FDAF | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0002-2198-6740 | |
| person.identifier.rid | F-3309-2011 | |
| person.identifier.scopus-author-id | 55539804000 | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | pt_PT |
| rcaap.type | article | pt_PT |
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