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This study explored the role of stakeholder collaboration, including communities, scavengers, planning authorities, and other actors, in enhancing urban solid waste governance in rapidly growing cities. Using a mixed-methods approach, data were collected from community members, CBOs, local government officials, and private waste managers through surveys, interviews, focus group discussions, and secondary sources. The findings reveal that collaboration improves policy implementation, resource mobilization, and accountability, whereas community participation fosters compliance and sustainable practices. Challenges, such as low public awareness, weak regulatory enforcement, and inadequate infrastructure, hinder progress. Technological innovations like GIS mapping and mobile waste management apps show potential for improving waste collection and reducing illegal dumping, though their adoption remains limited by cost and capacity constraints. Statistical analysis confirms that collaboration, participation, and innovation significantly enhance waste governance, with their combined application having the greatest impact. The study recommends capacity building, stronger enforcement, greater community awareness, and the adoption of affordable technologies, emphasizing the importance of partnerships among local authorities, private sectors, and CBOs to achieve sustainable waste management.

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Sustainable Practices Infrastructure Policy Implementation Community Participation, Stakeholder’s Collaboration Urban Solid Waste Governance Service Delivery

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Olasunkanmi Stephen Abatan, Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Nigeria

Olasunkanmi Stephen, ABATAN, is a researcher. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Urban and Regional Planning at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, Nigeria. He is the Head of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Osun State Nigeria.

Aina Thompson Adeboyejo, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Nigeria

Prof. Aina Thompson Adeboyejo is a registered planner and a professor of urban and regional planning. He has served as a visiting professor at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Venda, Limpopo Province, South Africa, and as dean of the Faculty of Environmental Sciences at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso. His research interests include urban development, the relationship between population, environment, and health, as well as climate change and cities.

Akinropo Oluremi Akindele, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Nigeria

Prof. Akindele, Oluremi Akinropo obtained the Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech, URP); Masters of Technology (M.Tech, URP) and the Doctoral degrees in Urban and Regional Planning from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria; with a bias in Urban Design and Environmental Management. He is a Corporate Member of the Nigeria Institute of Town Planners and a chattered Town Planner for more than seventeen years. 

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Abatan, O., Adeboyejo, A. T., & Akindele, A. O. (2025). The Role of Stakeholders and Technological Innovations in Enhancing Waste Governance and Service Delivery. Pan-African Journal of Health and Environmental Science, 4(1), 106–121. https://doi.org/10.56893/ajhes2025v04i01.07
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