Study on attitude of household waste management in a rural area of Northern Kerala

Kaithery, Nivya Noonjiyil; Karunakaran, Usha

doi:10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20191826

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“…However, this sorting of solid waste aimed to be used as fertilizer, fuel wood, feeding animals, and salable to "Quraleos and liwach". A similar report was done by Kaithery and Karunakaran (2019). This study shows a higher respondent rate compared to the report done in Wolita Sodo Town (Solomon, 2018).…”

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confidence: 81%

“…But only small proportions of wastes were recycled by informal collectors in unregulated and unsafe ways. Similar reports were done in Northern Kerala and the majority of Ethiopian City (Kaithery and Karunakaran, 2019;Teshome, 2020). Large proportions of the respondents were having the ''knowledge'' on solid waste management practice, but didn't practice properly.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 63%

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Municipal Solid Waste Management Practice in Yirgalem Town, Sidam Region, Ethiopia

Teshome

Habtu

Molla

et al. 2021

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Background: Municipal solid waste is not properly treated and handled in less developed countries such as Ethiopia. Consequently, it pollutes the air, groundwater, and soil, which results in a negative impact on the hygienic conditions of the people, and the environment. This study aimed to assess existing municipal solid waste management practices in Yirgalem Town. Result: The survey result revealed that 73.2 % of the participants considered their surroundings clean and 83% of the respondents knew more about solid waste management. This result showed that only 38% of the households have access to door -to- door solid waste collection services in the Town. Yirgalem Town does not have a well managed municipal solid waste disposal site, thus every waste generated from the town is discarded into an open dumping area. More than 50.9% of the respondents feel unsatisfied with the current solid waste management services. Most solid waste management practices (knowledge, recycling and reusing, participation, and sorting and disposal practices) are significantly associated with gender, age and monthly income level of socio-demographic characteristics (p <0.05). However, other socio-demographic characteristics such as marital status, educational background, and job status and house ownership were not significantly associated with solid waste management practices. (p > 0.05). Conclusion: In general, poor institutional structure, lack of skilled manpower, finance and equipment and tools are the major challenges faced by the municipality of Yirgalem Town. Thus, an integrated and inclusive solid waste management system is required to strengthen future waste management strategies and policies.

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Municipal Solid Waste Management Practice in Yirgalem Town, Sidam Region, Ethiopia

Teshome

Habtu

Molla

et al. 2021

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“…Before the actual conduct, pre-testing was carried out to examine the content validity of the questions asked in the survey (including semi-structured interview). All questions were refined based on the feedback from both experts in the field and laymen and were adapted from studies in past literature [30,[33][34][35][36][37][38][39] to improve their reliability and representativeness to the study. The questionnaire survey was constructed using an online survey administration application, Google Form, and distributed through various online platforms (e.g., Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, popular applications in Malaysia).…”

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Understanding the Human Dimensions of Recycling and Source Separation Practices at the Household Level: An Evidence in Perak, Malaysia

Ghafar

Adam

et al. 2022

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Recycling and source separation (R&SS) are believed to have been the first attempt to minimise waste. This research adopted mixed methods that followed sequential quantitative then qualitative data collection, combining questionnaire surveys from 100 households, semi-structured interviews, and participatory observations to study the human dimension of waste generation and management. Scoring Assessment (with modified Bloom’s Cut Off point) indicated that households had moderate knowledge and positive attitudes yet poor behaviour, and these three components indicated no linear associations, tested using Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient. However, age group, marital status, educational level and living duration showed statistical significance with households’ participation in source separation through Chi-Square Test. Meanwhile, observation data showed that waste management mechanisms and environment had inefficiently supported households’ participation in R&SS practices (external factors: poor accessibility to services, lack of tangible incentives, and absence of restriction in consumption). Elicited data indicated that a satisfactory level of intentions, knowledge, and willingness, together with good habit and quality persuasion (internal factors), were required to drive good behaviour. Subsequently, a series of recommendations were formulated to promote gradual yet solid transformation of the waste management system, tapping on existing initiatives by considering additional parameters upon the gap in households’ knowledge, attitude, and behaviour.

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“…This result was lower than studies in Ethiopia (76.9%), 32 Pakistan (95%), 33 and India (93.8%). 34 The disparity could be influenced by cultural differences and the way waste is managed in the towns, sample sizes, data collection methods and study periods. The present study found that 51.4% of participants reported poor WWM practices.…”

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“…In the current study, resident attitudes were correlated with the level of knowledge, as indicated by previous work. 33,34,38 It could be suggested that good knowledge would lead to good attitudes towards waste handling and management measures. 39 Space availability was another factor that significantly associated with attitudes.…”

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Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices, and Determinants Towards Wastewater Management in Northwest Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Kabito

Mulat

hiwot³

2021

RMHP

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Background Globally, waste management has been a major public health problem. Public knowledge, attitudes, practices (KAP) and participation are key elements of any waste management program. In Ethiopia, however, the level of KAP and associated factors regarding wastewater management (WWM) at the household level are not well studied and understood. This study was, therefore, conducted to assess the knowledge, attitude, practice and associated factors of wastewater management (WWM) among the residents in Gondar town, Ethiopia. Methods A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted during March and April, 2016. A total of 422 participants were selected using the systematic random sampling technique. A structured questionnaire was employed to collect data which were entered and analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 20. A multivariable binary logistic regression analysis was used to ascertain the significance of associations at <0.05 p-value and the adjusted odds ratio (AOR) with a 95% confidence interval (CI). Results Among 422 study participants included, 63.5%, 43.4%, and 48.6% of them had good knowledge, attitudes, and self-reported practices regarding WWM, respectively. Knowledge of participants was significantly associated with house rent (AOR 1.12, 95% CI (1.22, 3.69), civil servant (AOR 5.47, 95% CI (1.87, 8.02), and positive attitudes (AOR 2.69, 95% CI (1.68, 4.30), while space availability (AOR 1.84, 95% CI (1.23, 2.75), and good knowledge (AOR 2.46, 95% CI (1.61, 3.77) were associated factors of attitudes. Moreover, good knowledge (AOR 1.32, 95% CI (1.87, 2.02), and positive attitudes (AOR 1.03, 95% CI (1.01, 2.34) were significantly associated factors of self-reported practices. Conclusion Limited knowledge, attitudes and practices were seen among study population. A great emphasis on improvement of knowledge, attitudes and practices towards WWM is necessary. Moreover, it would be better to qualitatively explore variables which explain the qualitative attributes of the community, like community Attitudes and knowledge.

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Study on attitude of household waste management in a rural area of Northern Kerala

Cited by 10 publications

References 2 publications

Municipal Solid Waste Management Practice in Yirgalem Town, Sidam Region, Ethiopia

Municipal Solid Waste Management Practice in Yirgalem Town, Sidam Region, Ethiopia

Understanding the Human Dimensions of Recycling and Source Separation Practices at the Household Level: An Evidence in Perak, Malaysia

Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices, and Determinants Towards Wastewater Management in Northwest Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

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