Waste Care Education for Housewives

Abstract

The issue of waste is a very crucial problem at this time, the behavior of people who do not care about the environment by throwing garbage everywhere, such as in rivers, canals, on the side of the road, and other public area, adds to a series of problems in the environment. In addition, with poor waste management, people use traditional methods of managing waste by burning and the smoke causing air pollution which adds to environmental problems. Then household waste that has not been separated into organic waste and organic waste is simply left without being sorted again. Waste care education for housewives is carried out by socializing good waste management. This research used a quantitative approach was used to examine how waste management training and intervention affected changes in household waste management knowledge and behavior. This kind of study used a single group for pre- and post-testing using a quasi-experimental design. The study was carried out with a sample size of 33 participants. The findings demonstrated a statistically significant improvement in knowledge and practice ratings for home waste management following the intervention (p-value = 0.001; p-value 0.05). In conclusion, offering the intervention is successful in enhancing understanding and practice of household trash management.