EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS & ASSESSMENT OF ENERGY POTENTIAL OF GENERATED SOLID WASTE IN NIGERIA

Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) is a complex and multivariate statistical method usually employed in psychology, health related professions and more recently in information system was adopted in this study. It makes use of correlation matrix to determine the relationship between variables. Data used for this study involves both primary and secondary. The collected data were mainly on the physical component of the generated solid waste from six (6) geopolitical zones within Nigeria (the study area). Also, proximate and ultimate analyses were used to obtain the energy potential of generated solid waste from the six (6) zones. The results from the analyses using EFA and Proximate & Ultimate Analyses for energy potential proved that one could make energy potential projections using data from about four geopolitical zones (North-Central, South-Southern, South-Western and South-Eastern) or three geopolitical zones (South-Southern, South-Western and South-Eastern) and achieve about 98% high decision precision without losing much of the relevant details.