Inter-observer reliability in transect-based observations of environmental waste in greater accra and kisumu: implications for waste management.

ABSTRACT: Transect surveys are widely used to quantify mismanaged plastic waste discarded to the environment. However, very few studies have quantified inter-observer reliability in environmental waste surveys. The aim of this study was to assess inter-observer reliability for a set of environmental waste indicators derived from transect surveys in slum areas of two sub-Saharan African cities. Pairs of observers independently recorded counts of scattered waste items, large waste piles, and burnt waste along 64 environmental transects in Kisumu, Kenya, and Greater Accra, Ghana. Concordance correlation coefficients were used to measure inter-observer reliability for derived indicators measuring mismanaged waste density, waste composition, waste origins of policy concern, and waste disposal practices.

SUBMITTER: Okotto-Okotto J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11480156 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature