MANAGING WASTE IN MANUFACTURING FIRMS FOR EFFECTIVE PRODUCTION
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ABSTRACT
Waste management practices have emerged due to environment degradation and are adopted mainly to reduce negative impacts on environment. The focus of the study was therefore to examine the effect of waste management practices of manufacturing firms on effective production Nigeria. The practices need resources for their implementation thus may result to possible impacts on the manufacturing firms effective production. The study employed census survey research design. The unit of analysis was firms in Lagos state, Nigeria. The target population was firms operations managers in the 43 firms in the study area or their equivalent offices depending on the structure of the organization. The data collection was done by use of questionnaires that were administered to operations managers and corroborated with observation checklists. Data was then analyzed by use of descriptive statistics and inferential such as mean, standard deviation and used frequency in the analysis. The study also noted that, the model administered had a moderate explanatory power of the effect of waste management on manufacturing firms effective production. Based on the findings of the study, the researcher recommended that firms should adopt waste management practices that includes waste reduction, reuse and recycling, waste collection and depositing, and waste composting in order to improve their operational performance. The researcher also recommended that top management and government agencies should formulate waste management policies and guiding principles. These policies and guiding framework should be communicated to all stakeholders for their implementation. The researcher also recommended development and implementation of sensitization programme to all the employees on the need to employ proper waste management practices in their respective work stations.
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