HARZARDS OF UN-MAINTAINED PROPERTY / ENVIRONMENTS

MOST NIGERIANS PROPERTY OWNERS DO USE MILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF NAIRA TO BUILD MANSIONS, DUPLEX AND OTHER GIGANTIC BUILDING EITHER FOR PRIVATE USE OR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES, NEGLECTING THE ASPECT OF CONTINUOUS AND EFFECTIVE MAINTENANCE OF THE BUILDING. THEY BELIEF GARDENERS AND HOUSE MAIDS CAN DO THE CLEANING, IF AT ALL THEY WILL DO THE CLEANING, THEY CAN ONLY DO THE PERIPHERAL CLEANING, BUT THEY CANNOT DO THE THOROUGH CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE. PROPERTIES THAT ARE NOT PROPERLY AND CONTINUESLY MAINTAINED ARE PRONE TO EALY OBSOLESCENCE.
PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE EXTENDS THE USEFUL LIFE OF BUILDING COMPONENTS. PECULIAR CLEANING AND PREVENTIVES MAINTENANCE SERVICES OFFERS THE BEST IN CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES WITH MODERN EQUIPMENTS, WITH WELL TRAINED PERSONNEL’S.
UNSIGHTLY, BUT ALSO DANGEROUS: 70 DIFFERENT HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, CAUSING EVERYTHING FROM IT’S NOT ONLY CANCER TO ASTHMA, ARE EMITTED INTO THE AIR WHEN TRASH – PARTICULARLY PLASTICS – ARE BURNED.
BURYING HAZARDOUS WASTES SUCH AS THE ILLEGAL PESTICIDE DDT ACTUALLY MEAN THE PRODUCT GETS INTO THE WATER SUPPLY, LIVESTOCK, AND EVENTUALLY INTO HUMANS. NONE OF THE COUNTRY’S PRIMARY DUMPING GROUNDS – IN NIGERIA AND NEIGHBORHOODS – HAS ANY MECHANISM TO PROCESS THE WASTE OR PREVENT IT FROM SEEPING INTO THE GROUND.
“NONE OF THE WASTE DUMPS MEETS THE MINIMAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SANITATION. HERE THEY JUST DUMP THE WASTE, AND THINK IT’S DONE,” SAID LILIK SIMONYAN, A MEDICAL DOCTOR WORKING AT THE ARMENIAN WOMEN FOR HEALTH AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT NGO, WHICH HAS CONDUCTED A NUMBER OF SURVEYS EXAMINING THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF ARMENIA’S TRASH DISPOSAL METHODS.
SEPARATION OF PAPER AND PLASTIC RUBBISH IS DONE ONLY INFORMALLY BY PEOPLE WHO LATER SELL IT TO COMPANIES ACCEPTING SUCH MATERIALS, TO EARN EXTRA MONEY.
“WASTE DUMPS MUST HAVE CONCRETE WALLS OR BE LOCATED ON AREAS THAT CAN BE CLEANED AND WASHED, TO AVOID CONTAMINATING THE ENVIRONMENT. “REFUSE CHUTES HAVE TO BE MADE OF METAL IN THE HIGH-STORIED BUILDINGS, AND HAVE TO HAVE THE PROPER CAPACITY OF ACCOMMODATION.”
GETTING THE GOVERNMENT TO INVEST AND BUILD A PROPER WASTE PROCESSING PLANT OR LANDFILL HAS PROVED NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. TECHNICALLY, BOTH COLLECTING AND DISPOSING OF WASTE IS A MUNICIPAL RESPONSIBILITY. YET THE COST OF BUILDING AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND LANDFILL IS PROHIBITIVELY EXPENSIVE AND MOST CITIES – EVEN UNDER DEVELOPED COUNTRIES CAN’T AFFORD TO BUILD ONE ON THEIR OWN.