Abstract

Over the years, farmers in developing countries in Africa have resulted to using solid wastes as compost for the replenishment of the deteriorated soils while farming on the abandoned waste dumpsites served as better options to some others due to the richness of their organic contents. This study assessed the soil nutrient and fertility status by investigating the influence of wastes on physical and chemical properties of soils in and around Oru dumpsite for environmental sustainability. Twenty (20) soil samples were collected Orudumpsite and two (2) from the control-sites located 200m away from the dumpsite at depth of 0-20cm and were consequently subjected to laboratory analyses for physico-chemical parameters, major elements, and heavy metal concentrations while simple descriptive analyses were applied on the obtained results. The outcome of this investigation revealed that all the parameters in the dumpsites were higher than that of the control sites inclusive of the micronutrients ........................