The challenge of managing solid waste generally in developing countries like Nigeria and its urban cities like Calabar has shifted from ensuring minimum damage to public health and environment to the manner in which discarded resources are to be handled such that future generations are not deprived of its value. This study, therefore examined the Calabar Urban Development Authority’s (CUDA) impact on the management and disposal of waste in Calabar Metropolis between 2008 and 2017. It relied on systematic qualitative content analysis of secondary sources of data, and the theory of Structural-Functionalism was adopted as the tool of analysis for the study. The paper argues that there are waste dumps by the road sides, open drains and open spaces, and paper and vegetable wastes in markets and residential areas throughout Calabar metropolis despite the efforts of CUDA to keep the town clean and green. These untended dumps constitute an aesthetic disaster and have strategically reduced the city’s long standing status as the cleanest in Nigeria. The paper, therefore, recommends the increased public awareness of CUDA’s duties and collection schedules, adequate equipping and funding of CUDA, adoption of a waste separation technique, and establishment of recycling and incineration plants.