Indiscriminate Disposal of Sachet Water Bags and Its Impact on the Environment: A Case Study of Potiskum Town

There is a disequilibrium between man and his environment because of his economic activities, this misunderstanding has led to so many environmental problems. The daily activities of human to meet their basic needs and nutritional requirement for sustenance generate a lot of unwanted material. The amount of trash generated from consumption of sachet water has been on the increase for the past few years throughout the country. This research work examines the effect of Indiscriminate disposal of polythene bags in Potiskum town, by examining the level of awareness of the disposal of polythene bags by the residents, the environmental and health effect on the residents, and the management attitude towards the disposal of polythene waste. The purpose of this research is to examine the environmental and health problems associated with sachet water waste disposal in Potiskum town. Their search work reveals that, used sachet water polythene bags are improperly disposed of Potiskum town due to lack of awareness of the environmental and health effect of Indiscriminate disposal of polythene waste, lack of management by the government to provide machine and personnel. Qualitative and Quantitative methods were was used in carrying out this research. Qualitative tools such as questionnaire is randomly distributed for data collection, descriptive analyses analysis was used for data analysis and the results were presented in table and charts. Recommendations such as advising or suggesting that the people of the study area (Potiskum) should introduce a deposit refund system as a useful method in managing the sachet water bags trash from the street, and also implement the use of 3R system of reuse, reduce, and recycle which will help in controlling the numbers of waste sachet water bags generated and finally, the local authority should take charges on enlightening the residents on the detrimental effect of improper disposal of polythene waste.