| Challenges | Number | % |
| Appalling attitude of waste generators to waste management Personnel | 56 | 21.9 |
| Inadequate landfill site and inaccessibility to the existing land fill during raining season | 25 | 9.8 |
| Lack of manpower to service operations in the sector | 4 | 1.6 |
| Inadequate equipment/tools to work with e.g. trucks | 20 | 7.8 |
| Lack of technical know-how on the part of PSP operators | 6 | 2.3 |
| Inadequate finances to develop waste management industry | 19 | 7.4 |
| Lack of good road network and constant traffic congestion | 61 | 23.8 |
| The waste generators are not willing to pay for the services rendered to them | 28 | 10.9 |
| Cart pushers/illegal waste management operators menace | 2 | 0.8 |
| High cost of equipment maintenance | 2 | 0.8 |
| Instability in policy formulation about waste management | 3 | 1.2 |
| No response | 30 | 11.7 |
| Total | 256 | 100 |