Knowledge, attitude, and practices on usage, disposal, and effect of plastic bags on sheep and goats

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dc.contributor.authorOtsyina, H.R.
dc.contributor.authorNguhiu-Mwangi, J.
dc.contributor.authorMogoa, E.G.M.
dc.contributor.authorMbuthia, P.G.
dc.contributor.authorOgara, W.O.
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-24T10:24:58Z
dc.date.available2018-09-24T10:24:58Z
dc.date.issued2018-06
dc.description.abstractThe objective of this study was to evaluate knowledge, attitudes, and practices of people in the Nairobi and Kajiado Counties, Kenya, on the usage, disposal, and effect of plastic waste on sheep and goats (shoats). A semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect data from 384 respondents in four communities in the two counties. Most of the people irrespective of their age, occupation, and educational status used plastic bags of some type on a daily basis. A high proportion of the respondents (37.0%, 142) used plastic bags because of the low cost. Approximately, 79.1% (304) disposed used plastic bags in open dumps. A total of 147 (38.3%) households kept shoats. Out of these, 38.1% (56) purchased feed and also allowed their animals to roam. Most of them (45.3%, 174) thought that lack of feed for the animals was the main reason why shoats roam and scavenge at refuse dump sites and road sides. A large proportion of the respondents (44.5%, 143) mentioned death of animals as the ultimate consequence of ingestion of waste plastic bags. Though, the respondents were aware that indiscriminate disposal of used plastic bags could result in death of the animals from which they derive their livelihoods, they nevertheless continued with the practice. There is a need for a paradigm shift in the way and manner plastic bags are used and disposed. © 2018, Springer Science+Business Media B.V., part of Springer Nature.en_US
dc.identifier.otherdoi: 10.1007/s11250-018-1523-9
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/24303
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Netherlandsen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmenten_US
dc.subjectGoatsen_US
dc.subjectPlastic bagen_US
dc.subjectPollutionen_US
dc.subjectPollutionen_US
dc.subjectSheepen_US
dc.titleKnowledge, attitude, and practices on usage, disposal, and effect of plastic bags on sheep and goatsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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