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Article Open Access August 18, 2023

Barriers to Effective Solid Waste Management in Ghana: A Case of Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem Municipality

Theophilus Kweku Bassaw 1,*
1
Department of Social Sciences, Komenda College of Education, Komenda, Ghana
Publihed in: Current Research in Public Health (Volume 3, Issue 2, 2023)
Page(s): 61-68
DOI: 10.31586/ujssh.2023.758
Received
February 12, 2022
Revised
March 22, 2022
Accepted
May 18, 2022
Published
August 18, 2023
Keywords
Barriers; Effective; Solid; Waste; Management
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Bassaw, T. K. (2023). Barriers to Effective Solid Waste Management in Ghana: A Case of Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem Municipality. Current Research in Public Health, 3(2), 61-68. https://doi.org/10.31586/ujssh.2023.758
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Bassaw, T. K. Barriers to Effective Solid Waste Management in Ghana: A Case of Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem Municipality. Current Research in Public Health 2023 3(2), 61-68. https://doi.org/10.31586/ujssh.2023.758
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Bassaw, Theophilus Kweku. 2023. "Barriers to Effective Solid Waste Management in Ghana: A Case of Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem Municipality". Current Research in Public Health 3, no. 2: 61-68. https://doi.org/10.31586/ujssh.2023.758
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Bassaw TK. Barriers to Effective Solid Waste Management in Ghana: A Case of Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem Municipality. Current Research in Public Health. 2023; 3(2):61-68. https://doi.org/10.31586/ujssh.2023.758 
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