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Title: |
Factors
Affecting Household Participation In Solid Waste Management Segregation And
Recycling In Bangkok, Thailand |
Authors: |
Walailak
Atthirawong |
Published in: |
(2016).ECMS 2016 Proceedings edited
by: Thorsen Claus, Frank Herrmann, Michael Manitz, Oliver Rose, European Council for Modeling and
Simulation. doi:10.7148/2016 ISBN:
978-0-9932440-2-5 30th
European Conference on Modelling and Simulation, Regensburg Germany, May 31st
– June 3rd, 2016 |
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format: |
Walailak
Atthirawong (2016). Factors Affecting Household
Participation In Solid Waste Management Segregation And Recycling In Bangkok,
Thailand, ECMS 2016 Proceedings edited by: Thorsten Claus, Frank Herrmann,
Michael Manitz, Oliver Rose
European Council for Modeling and Simulation. doi:10.7148/2016-0198 |
DOI: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.7148/2016-0198 |
Abstract: |
The number of population in Bangkok,
the capital of Thailand, is increasing every year. The capital produces about
9,900 tons of garbage daily or 1.53 kilograms per person which only 13% of
waste is recycled per day. This presents a serious challenge and concern of municipal
authority in solid waste management. This study examines Bangkok residents’
practices, knowledge of waste management, as well as the level of community
mobilization and the level of household participation in solid waste
segregation and recycling. One-way Analysis of Varience
(ANOVA) was employed to test whether there was statistically significance
between the level of household participation among
different zones in Bangkok. Additionally, the study also analyzed factors
affecting the level of household participation using Multiple Regression Analysis.
Data were collected by means of hand-delivered questionnaires. A total of 400
respondents were selected using multi-stage random sampling by dividing
Bangkok into three zones. The results showed that about two-thirds of the
residents had got high level on knowledge and understanding on solid waste
management. However, the results of ANOVA revealed that there was no
significant difference between the level of
household participation among residents who live in different zones. The
level of participation in solid waste segregation and recycling of households
in Bangkok was significantly influenced by promoting campaign and training
programs continuously from local authorities and age of the residents.
Finally, the discussion of the results of the study is presented and further
study is also mentioned. |
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