Table 8 SWOT analysis for MSW. Social Register (NSR) compiled by the National Social Safety Nets Coordinating Office (NASSCO) under the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and _ Social Development has enumerated 12,828,135 Poor and Vulnerable Households (PVHHs), encompassing 52,838,729 individuals residing across 128,249 villages in 737 local government areas (LGAs) in Nigeria, as of September 30th, 2022. A_ strategically designed and _ well- maintained waste management program, with an emphasis on waste-to-wealth initiatives, could uplift these PVHHs from poverty. Engaging these households in waste sorting and recycling could potentially generate approximately N10,000 per week, translating to N40,000 monthly income for a single household—surpassing Nigeria's current minimum wage (Figure 10 for an illustration of this pyrolysis and gasification stand as valuable conversion options to maximize energy yields while minimizing pollution-related consequences (lonescu et al., 2013; Venderbosch et al., 2010). It is crucial to establish coordination among government policies, individual behavioral changes, and concerted efforts by waste managers to drive and implement a robust waste management system. unsorted MoOW exacerbates garbdage-related air pollution, contributing to climate change (Emodi et al., 2015). A waste management model was devised to synthesize the gaps, strengths, opportunities, weaknesses, and threats hindering effective MSW management. Figure 8 illustrates the separation of waste at its source into biodegradable and non-biodegradable components, emphasizing the importance of recycling recoverable waste and_ effectively managing non-combustible waste to avoid exposure to potentially hazardous contaminants. Furthermore, the potential for using food waste and feces to generate biogas and employing the residuals as soil conditioners for agriculture is recognized (Ajieh et al., 2020; Ihoeghian et al., 2023; Isagba et al., 2023; Ren et al., 2018). However, in the presence of hazardous materials,