Environmental quality value can be estimated from what people are willing to pay (WTP) to
improve or to restore their environment, using valuation techniques which measure peoples‘
preferences. The study examined the general features of the existing solid waste management,
household willingness potential for improved waste disposal, identified the socio economic
variables and other factors influencing WTP for improved waste disposal services. Primary
data collected from 120 households in Osogbo metropolis, was analysed using descriptive
statistics and logit regression model. The result reveals that 65 percent of the respondents
are male while 67 percent are married with an average household size of 4 members.
Majority of the respondents are in their active age with mean age of 42 years. Most of the
respondents have formal education, the average years of education is 5 years. Fifty-three
percent of the respondents are engaged in the civil service as their primary occupation.
About 37 percent of the households dispose their solid waste through burning, while 60
percent claim to dispose off their waste on a weekly basis. Irrespective of non-reliability of
waste vendors, 52.5 percent of the respondents paid between N400- N600 monthly to dispose
waste. Majority of the households (87 percent) are willing to pay for improved waste services
while most of the respondents will be willing to pay less than 5 percent of their monthly
income on waste management services. The logit result reveals that sex, household
expenditure and years of education are statistically significant at 10, 5 and 1 percents
respectively while other factors are insignificant statistically. It was recommended that
programmes that will facilitate investors (private sector) in waste disposing be initiated while
payment for this service should be made affordable to encourage those households that are
willing to pay.