THE FACTORS AFFECTING WASTE MANAGEMENT IN BUENG YITHO MUNICIPALITY, THANYABURI DISTRICT, PATHUM THANI PROVINCE

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to study the level of factors affecting waste management in Bueng Yitho municipality; 2) to study waste management in Bueng Yitho municipality,; 3) to compare waste management in Bueng Yitho municipality classified by personal factors; 4) to study the relationship between factors affecting waste management and waste management in Bueng Yitho municipality; and 5) to study the factors affecting waste management in Bueng Yitho municipality, Thanyaburi district, Pathum Thani province. The study was a quantitative research. The population used in the study were 32,321 people from 4 villages in Bueng Yitho municipality, Thanyaburi district, Pathum Thani province. The sample size was determined using Taro Yamane (Yamane, 1973) formula, with the numbers of 395 people in total. The instrument used for data collection was questionnaire. The sample was selected using accidental random sampling. The statistics used for data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, F-test, correlation coefficient analysis, and multiple regression analysis.

The findings of the research were as follows:

1. The majority of respondents were male, 199 people or 50.4 percent, followed by female, 196 people or 49.6 percent. The majority of the respondents; were between 21 - 40 years old, 256 people or 64.8 percent; had a diploma/bachelor's degree, 209 people or 52.9 percent; were civil servants / employees / government employees, 105 people or 26.6 percent; and earned income below 15,000 baht, 175 people or 44.3 percent.
2. The level of factors affecting waste management as a whole was at a high level ( : 3.44, S.D. = 0.16). Considering in individual aspect was found that the management system ( : 3.51, S.D. = 0.34) and was the highest average, followed by public cooperation ( : 3.49, S.D. = 0.30), quality of the personnel ( : 3.41, S.D. = 0.23), and campaigning and education ( : 3.35, S.D. = 0.34), respectively.
3. The level of waste management in Bueng Yitho municipality as a whole was at a high level ( : 3.40, S.D. = 0.12). Considering in individual aspect was found that conditions change and recycling ( : 3.68, S.D. = 0.33) and was the highest average, followed by waste collection ( : 3.52, S.D. = 0.27), curbside collection ( : 3.25, S.D. = 0.23), and final disposal ( : 3.14, S.D. = 0.27). respectively.
4. The comparison of waste management in Bueng Yitho municipality, province classified by personal factors was found that the differences in factors, consisting of gender, age, education, occupation, and income gave the different opinions towards the level of waste management in Bueng Yitho municipality with statistical significance at the level of .05.
5. The results of the analysis of the relationship between factors affecting waste management and waste management in Bueng Yitho municipality as a whole had a relationship to each other with statistical significance at the level of .01. The correlation values ​​ranged between .099 - .471. It was found that the variables those had the highest relationship to one another were quality of the personnel and campaigning and education (r_xy = .471**).
6. The results of the multiple regression analysis indicated that all 4 variables; public cooperation (X1), management system (X2), quality of the personnel (X3), and campaigning and education (X4) affected to waste management in Bueng Yitho municipality. There was a linear relationship with statistical significance at the level of .01 with the correlation coefficient of .360. And enabled to forecast factors influencing waste management in Bueng Yitho municipality by 13 percent. The forecasting equation could be written in standard-score form as ZY = .308 (X3) + .090 (X4) + .156 (X1) + -.056 (X2).