ANAMBRA STATE WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY LAW: AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION LAW BEGGING FOR PROPER ENFORCEMENT

Abstract

This paper critically reviewed the Anambra State Waste Management Authority Law 2015, the extant legislation on waste management in Anambra State, Nigeria, to ascertain its effectiveness or otherwise in driving efficient waste management praxis in the State. This is necessary given the poor state of waste management in the State and the opinion of some scholars that the extant legislation is incompetent. Wastes are littered indiscriminately in the cities, towns and villages. Where there are waste receptacles, they are not evenly distributed amongst the people. Filled receptacles are not regularly evacuated. The problem the paper found is not with the extant legislation as it has provisions geared to securing an efficient waste management practice but rather with weak enforcement, traditional misconceptions about the environment, judicial corruption etc. These obstacles need to be addressed for things to turn around for the better.