Social Context of Solid Waste Disposal among Residents of Ibadan Metropolis, Nigeria Temitope A. Ogunweide Centre for Sustainable Development, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Email: snowgy2001@gmail.com Keywords: Sustainable Waste Management, Waste handling, Ibadan Metropolis, Landfill, Municipal Solid Waste Abstract. The study sought to assess the social context of solid waste disposal pattern of residents in Ibadan metropolis, in order to assess the Solid waste disposal patterns of people in Ibadan metropolis, Oyo State, Nigeria. Specifically, the study identified solid waste disposal habits of residents, frequency of clearing the dumpsters, accessibility of waste dumpsters to people determines the waste disposal pattern of people; and analyze the willingness of people in Ibadan to pay for improved service. Solid waste management has been part of human activities right from time. Efforts by Oyo State Government are noticed in the collection of waste dropped on the median. Waste generation is an unavoidable product of man activities, however, sustainable management of such waste is a challenge faced in many countries today. Nigeria, a developing country in Africa, has been in a difficult situation of how to efficiently manage the municipal solid waste its growing population generates. Many states in the country lack adequate plans and infrastructure required for efficient and sustainable management of municipal solid waste. For Ibadan, the largest city in Nigeria, the problem is further compounded by its rather large and still increasing population. In this research, Ibadan metropolis is taken as a case study; the rate of solid waste handling in households as regards solid waste management from household collection to final disposal are focused upon. The study found out that 45.6% drop their refuse in the dumpsters as 18.8% burns their refuse, 17.7% of the respondents drops their waste on the median, 12% in the drainage while 6% opts to drop their waste in the streams. On the effectiveness of the Private operators collecting waste from the respondents, the study found out that 7.6% effective, 37.5% of the respondents says the operators waste collection is poor, 7% says it is abysmal while 43.5% said it is not applicable to them because they do not have storage containers in their houses and as a result did not subscribe to their service. Many countries, particularly the developed ones, have employed options in the waste management hierarchy for sustainable management of their municipal solid waste and the blend of options employed is usually highly dependent on local factors. Following the waste management hierarchy, possible options for sustainable municipal solid waste management in Ibadan are discussed. It is concluded that waste reduction, reuse, and recycling are potential management options for the state. Landfilling will remain an important option for final disposal but reliance on this method could be significantly reduced if management options are exploited to the maximum in a sustainable solid waste management structure in Ibadan metropolis. Introduction Most human activities naturally results in the generation of waste. Waste generation is unavoidable in our day to day activities, which calls for waste generated to be managed. Rapid population growth makes waste management more challenging, more people in an area would imply higher level of waste generation. Poorly managed waste are seen as environmental hazards, the inabilities of societies to manage waste generated effectively play a great role in increasing the present environmental pressures (Alam et al., 2007). The challenge gotten from the generation of waste of waste is not just coping with the volume produced, but with the ability to design how to effectively and efficiently manage the waste in a sustainable manner. Ali (1999), noted that waste should be International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences Submitted: 2019-05-12 ISSN: 2300-2697, Vol. 89, pp 16-24 Revised: 2020-05-13 doi:10.18052/www.scipress.com/ILSHS.89.16 Accepted: 2020-06-02 CC BY 4.0. Published by SciPress Ltd, Switzerland, 2020 Online: 2020-12-22 This paper is an open access paper published under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)