30 contradiction because if the law requires that
waste be separated from source, how can this be done with one waste bin On the contrary, the new waste collection company contradicted the response of the LAWMA official in the questionnaire administered on them by saying that there is no law that requires residents in the study area to separate waste from source. Probably the new company is yet to keep itself abreast with laws relevant to their operations in the city. In any case, the use of one waste bin negates the goal of
sustainable waste management, which targets waste minimisation and resource recovery at source. Given the situation the researcher saw on the field where one waste bin is used for the storage of food wastepaper, plastics, etc, it is therefore safe to infer that LAWMA has no system in place for resource recovery at source from households in the study area.
In the United Kingdom, there is a system for the source collection of residential household) waste indifferent waste bins with an efficient collection system 30 litre bins are used for food waste, 240 litre bins are used for recyclable waste while 140 or 240 litre bins are used for residual waste depending on the size of the apartment or building. Ina similar fashion, Sweden has different sizes of waste bins for organic waste depending on whether it is a single house or an apartment (Al Seadi,
et al, 2013). Similar situations can be seen in Germany where the researcher presently lives and generally across the European Union where the law clearly requires the collection of waste in separate waste bins. Given the present situation in Lagos as the
time of writing this thesis, there is need to examine the applicability of one of the research questions –
“can the non-separation of waste from source or the non-containerization of Share with your friends: 
