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<p>Calabar is a major tourist town in Nigeria that attracts over two million tourists annually. Twenty hotels of various categories were selected purposively for waste generation, characterization and composition survey for the months of August, September, early December (Carnival season) and late December (Christmas season). Daily rates of hotel waste generation were determined in-situ, while other studies were performed in the laboratory. Results obtained were subjected to&#xa0;statistical analysis to ascertain the significance of the difference in waste generation rates for various hotels, seasons and days of the week. While food/kitchen waste had the highest fraction of 32% and 39% for 1 star and 2 star hotels, respectively, glass had the highest fraction of 37% and 38% for 3 star and 4 star hotels, respectively. The average waste per capita waste generation for the various categories of hotels are 0.17, 0.30, 0.32 and 0.25&#xa0;kg/capita/day for 1 star, 2 star, 3 star and 4 star hotels, respectively. ANOVA&#xa0;revealed that both hotel category and season of the year had a significant effect on&#xa0;rate of generation at 95% confidence level. The overall average per capita rate of biodegradable waste generation was highest in early December (0.164&#xa0;kg/capita/day). </p>

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A cross-sectional evaluation of assorted solid waste generation in hotels in a major tourist city in southern Nigeria

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    2025年6月2日

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  • Chidozie Charles Nnaji,
  • Maxwell Oko

摘要

Calabar is a major tourist town in Nigeria that attracts over two million tourists annually. Twenty hotels of various categories were selected purposively for waste generation, characterization and composition survey for the months of August, September, early December (Carnival season) and late December (Christmas season). Daily rates of hotel waste generation were determined in-situ, while other studies were performed in the laboratory. Results obtained were subjected to statistical analysis to ascertain the significance of the difference in waste generation rates for various hotels, seasons and days of the week. While food/kitchen waste had the highest fraction of 32% and 39% for 1 star and 2 star hotels, respectively, glass had the highest fraction of 37% and 38% for 3 star and 4 star hotels, respectively. The average waste per capita waste generation for the various categories of hotels are 0.17, 0.30, 0.32 and 0.25 kg/capita/day for 1 star, 2 star, 3 star and 4 star hotels, respectively. ANOVA revealed that both hotel category and season of the year had a significant effect on rate of generation at 95% confidence level. The overall average per capita rate of biodegradable waste generation was highest in early December (0.164 kg/capita/day).