46 want it so because they pay tax while some said making it free would bean incentive that encourages participation. Another significant group are those who said they are open to government stipulated
price their argument is that, since government would have incurred cost in the production and supply of the waste bins they suggest it should not be entirely free as the majority clamoured for. Given that both significant categories on this table have expressed the reasons for their choices, the onus lies on the authorities to engage the people appropriately since there is at least some measure of willingness to have separate waste bins given to them.
Roy & Debi (2013) identified some factors that are likely to affect willingness to pay for improved waste management in apart of India. Key factors
mentioned are income level, family size (bigger families tend to crave for improved waste management) as well as how educated or enlightened about the environment the people are. Some of these factors tend to play out in the area surveyed for example, the entire Alimosho local government is densely populated and it is known for low income settlers and not too high attainment in terms of educational advancement as shown on table 2. It is thus very likely that the majority that clamoured for the free supply of waste bins are considering the economic impact
on their meagre earnings, especially given the present economic hardship in Nigeria as at the time of conducting this study. The income level notwithstanding, the more educated segment of the respondents is willing to part with some money to improve the state of their surroundings from field interactions with some of them.
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