Abstract
This paper uncovers the demand of households in four communities (Srodae, Effiduase, Koforidua-ada, and Betom) in the New Juaben Municipality in Ghana for better solid waste disposal services. The study used the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) and the respondents were selected by means of simple random sampling for interviewing. The Willingness to Pay (WTP) was elicited using single bounded Dichotomous Choice (DC) format and the data were analyzed using the probit model as one of the efficient and priori superior procedures used in analyzing binary response data. The median WTP was GHC 2.23 (US$ 1.13) per household per month and the mean WTP was GHC 3.67 (US$ 1.85) per household per month. The most significant and influencing factors that affect WTP in this study are the environmental safety concern of the respondent, level of satisfaction of current waste disposal services, education, household size, length of stay in the current residence, walking time to public dumpster, and sex of respondent.
Highlights
Rapid population growth and urbanization in general have led to serious solid waste generation in most cities worldwide
The average total income of a household in Ghana Cedis (GHC) was about GHC 3500 for the year 2012, the minimum being GHC 1000 and the maximum being about GHC 5500. 3.2 Willingness to Pay In Table 2 are the WTP bids that were posed to respondents and the percentage of yes responses
The pretest question asked the respondent to state the amount she/he would be willing to pay for improved solid waste disposal services
Summary
Rapid population growth and urbanization in general have led to serious solid waste generation in most cities worldwide. Municipal solid waste is not well managed because cities and municipalities cannot cope with the accelerated pace of waste production (Modak, 2010). This global threat of solid waste disposal has shown its ugly face in Africa. The rest are either dumped openly without recourse to treatment systems or left in public dumpsters with no one to properly dispose them Greater amount of these solid wastes are left to litter on the edges of cities and towns, which cannot decompose and cause environmental health problems and discomfort
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