Acknowledgement……………………………………………………………………………. Pg 1 Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………… Pg 2 Statement of problem………………………………………………………………………. Pg 3 Reasons for selecting area of research………………………………………………. Pg 4 Research question…………………………………………………………………………….. Pg 5 Methods of investigation………………………………………………………………….. Pg 6 Data collection instruments………………………………………………………………. Pg 7 Procedures for data collection………………………………………………………….. Pg 8 Presentation of data…………………………………………………………………………. Pg 9 Analysis and interpretation of data…………………………………………………… Pg 10 Statement of finding ………………………………………………………………………… Pg 11 Recommendations and implementation……………………………………………. Pg 12 Bibliography……………………………………………………………………………………… Pg 13

Candidate name: Nickolas Henry

Teacher name: Miss Young

Name of school: McGRATH HIGH SCHOOL

Candidate number: 1000743111

Territory: Jamaica

Centre number: 100074

The successful completion of the examination would not have been made possible without the assistance, patience and co-operation of my social studies teacher, my mother and my aunty therefore, I am pleased to express thanks to Miss Young for lending support.

In this school base assessment there are information on how effective is the local government with the collection of garbage in my community. There is a statement of problem, method of investigation, research questions and a lot of important information in the s.b.a. you will learn a lot about how the local government carries out is function in my community.

How effective is the local government with the collection of garbage in my community.

The researcher has notice that there is huge problem with the collection of garbage in the community and has decided to a research on the effectiveness of the local government.

1. What are some of the effects of Non-garbage collection in my community?

2. What cause a high amount of garbage in my community?

3. How can we solve the problem of non garbage collecting in my community?

The method use to collect data was a survey with the use of printed questionnaire; the questionnaire is a tool for collecting data has a number of dis-advantages.

Dear: villager,

This is a survey being carried out in Trinity Lane, Linstead to determine the reliability and efficiency of garbage collection and disposal by the local government authority .This study is an assignment for a social studies course I am pursuing presently. I advise you to answer the following questions honestly and truthfully. You don’t have to write your names on the questionnaires as such no one will know who answer in a particular way. This is not a test so there are no wrong or right answers. The questions can be answered by placing a tick in the box provided like this [ ]. Instructions are given where necessary.

Thanking you

Yours sincerely,

N.Henry

As stated earlier, Trinity lane has approximately 170 households. A total of 15 questionnaires were prepared for distribution in my community.

I therefore decided to choose the households, were random selected will cater for all the requirements mentioned above. The numbers of fifteen households thus selected were then supplied with questionnaires to be complete. After administering the questionnaire the researcher were given back the questionnaires in an effort to obtain data in this s.b.a.

A total of 15 questionnaires were given out in my community, out of which 14 was return. Of these respondents, 27% was male and 73% was female.

Question 1: what gender are you? Baragraph

73%

27%

Gender

Female

Male

Q1: shows the percentage of male and female living in my community.27% are males and 73% are females.

Question5: which of container do you most frequently put your garbage?

Options Percentage

Plastic bag 13%

Garbage bin 73%

Chicken feed bags 7%

Cardboard box 7%

Total 100%

Q5: show how the garbage is been stored for collection.73%of the residents stored their garbage in bins, while 13% of them store it in plastic bags. 7% choose to store their garbage in cardboard box .7% store garbage in chicken feed bag for collection.

Question12: while your garbage is waiting to collected, has if been regularly attacked by dogs, cats, etc?

80%

20%

Garbage regularly attacked by dogs, cat etc

YesNo

The survey has revealed a number of deficiencies with respect to garbage collection in Trinity lane, Linstead.these includes:

Garbage is collected only five days in the week this was indicated by 100% of the residents .this forced some residents to dispose of unofficial dump in their back yard.

Garbage put out for collection was frequently attacked by dogs and cats as claimed by 80% of residents said yes and 20% of the other residents said no.

73% of the residents put their garbage in garbage bins.

The importance of an efficient garbage collection and disposal system cannot be over estimated. In order to maintain a healthy environment at Trinity Lane the residents, the collectors and the local government need to play their parts to alleviate many of the problems experienced by the community.

The most important recommendations are the need for garbage to be collected on a daily basis. Furthermore, collection should be done at approximately the same time each day to prevent the garbage being scattered by dog are other animals. For this to work the residents need to put to their garbage in a drum that can be covered from prevent animals from scattered the garbage.

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This survey was unanimous agreement by the residents of my community that garbage was collected only once per week. This leave the residents with a number of alternative to dispose their garbage-using a garbage bins (73%), plastic bag (13%), cardboard box (7%) and undergoing the expense of personally put their garbage in chicken bag (7%).

In conclusion, chart 3 which corresponds with question 12, (20%) of the respondents were more fortunate, (80%) of the respondent claimed that their garbage attacked by dogs while waiting to be collected this was due to the lack of safe guard of garbage by residents and the next of the resident used other means of storing and the disposing of their garbage.

According to chart 1 which correspondents with question 1, a substantial (27%) of the respondent were males lived in my community for over 15years, (80%) of the resident were lived there 12years.

Questionnaires

1. What gender are you?

Male [ ] female [ ]

2. What is your age group?

12-20 [ ] 20-30 [ ] 30-40 [ ]

3. Do you have solid waste as a problem in (N.S.W.M.A)?

Yes [ ] No [ ] 4. What is your opinion about the solid waste disposal in (N.S.W.M.A)?

Non-satisfactory [ ] satisfactory [ ] fair [ ] good [ ]

5. Which of following container do you most frequently put your garbage?

Plastic bags [ ] garbage bins [ ] cardboard boxes [ ] chicken feed bags [ ]

6. How many times the (N.S.W.M.A) garbage truck comes to your community and collects your garbage?

Once per month [ ] once per week [ ] twice per week [ ] thrice per week [ ] never [ ]

7. If you use garbage bins what is the normal response from the collectors?

They handle it with moderate care [ ] they handle it with utmost care [ ]

They handle it carelessly [ ]

8. If the service not offered thought out the week, what do you do with your garbage an non-collection day?

Keep it until it collection day drop [ ] discard it in the unofficial dump [ ]

Drop it at the dump myself [ ] discard it in an empty lot are drain [ ]

9. Do you think the destruction of the street is due to solid waste?

Yes [ ] No [ ]

10. Did the collectors at any time fail to collect your garbage?

Yes [ ] No [ ]

11. Have you made use of this unofficial garbage dump?

Yes [ ] No [ ]

12. While your garbage is waiting to collected, has if been regularly attacked by dogs, cat, etc?

Yes [ ] No [ ]

13. Do you reuse waste item? E.g. Plastic basin for planting flower etc

Yes [ ] No [ ]

14. How do you think the solid waste (N.S.W.M.A) is performing?

Non-satisfactory [ ] satisfactory [ ] fair [ ] good [ ]

15. How do you rank the solid waste in collection of garbage?

1-5 [ ] 5-10 [ ] 10-15 [ ] 15-20 [ ]