Environmental Hazard and Risk Factors Associated with Some Practices in Maiduguri Abattoir Borno State – Nigeria
Paul Mada Kambasaya,
Mohammed Bello Ibrahim,
Mathias Nzitiri Bwala,
Jidai Usman,
Kutarju John
Issue:
Volume 9, Issue 3, September 2023
Pages:
27-32
Received:
26 January 2023
Accepted:
9 March 2023
Published:
18 September 2023
Abstract: Animal slaughtering for communal consumption is inevitable in most part of the world. In most countries government at different levels enacts laws aimed at ensuring a healthy steady supply of meats and meat products, these laws may include the involvement of trained personnel such as veterinarians, butchers, meat inspectors and laboratory scientists in the abattoir, yet some problems abound with meat handling procedures in most abattoirs in developing nations. The study was aimed at assessing the types and effects of waste generated in Maiduguri abattoir. The study adopted the survey research design through mixed method approach. Questionnaires were designed and distributed. The data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics and presented appropriately in required places of discussion. The result of the study indicates that Camels, Cattles, Sheep, and Goats are the major animals slaughtered, and blood, paunch and dung content, condemned meat and carcasses are the major waste generated in the abattoir. The study reveals that despite the associated dangers in the high volume of abattoir waste generated yet it also provides employment opportunity and increased agricultural production. Furthermore, the study recommends the need for relocation and construction of a modern abattoir outside the city away from residential area and enactment of laws restricting indiscriminate encroachment by property developers.
Abstract: Animal slaughtering for communal consumption is inevitable in most part of the world. In most countries government at different levels enacts laws aimed at ensuring a healthy steady supply of meats and meat products, these laws may include the involvement of trained personnel such as veterinarians, butchers, meat inspectors and laboratory scientist...
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Research Article
The Global South as a Wasteland for Global North’s Fast Fashion: Ghana in Focus
Issue:
Volume 9, Issue 3, September 2023
Pages:
33-40
Received:
10 August 2023
Accepted:
27 November 2023
Published:
11 December 2023
Abstract: Fast fashion has transformed the way we buy clothing from an occasional thing to an everyday routine, especially in the Global North, in the last two decades. Thanks to technological innovations, such as online shopping and home delivery, people can now buy inexpensive and low-quality clothing produced in mass quantities and moved to stores to meet the growing consumer demand. The insatiable consumer demand for new clothing has caused production to soar with infiltration of imitation and poor-quality clothing. But the more people buy clothing the faster the rate at which they reject the older ones. These often-poor-quality cast-offs, which are collected under the guise of charity by non-profit organizations, find their way in Global South, where they wind up as waste. Using Ghana as a case study, this paper aimed to systematically review how the fast fashion craze of the Global North is compounding the already distressed waste situation in Global South. The study adopted narrative and analytical approach to investigate previously published literature shortlisted following a thematic and chronological arrangement. While fast fashion may be heralded in Global North as a good business model, the findings of this review indicate that 40% of every bale of secondhand clothing (equivalent to 4 to 6 million pieces of garment per week) that land in Global South are thrown away as wastes, resulting in an environmental injustice situation in which those who are not directly responsible for fast fashion are disproportionately bearing the environmental burden associated with it. The basis upon which reforms, such as a return to slow fashion and other sustainable measures suggested in this study are urgently required.
Abstract: Fast fashion has transformed the way we buy clothing from an occasional thing to an everyday routine, especially in the Global North, in the last two decades. Thanks to technological innovations, such as online shopping and home delivery, people can now buy inexpensive and low-quality clothing produced in mass quantities and moved to stores to meet...
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