HOUSEHOLD WASTE MANAGEMENT IN KHAOROOPCHANG MUNICIPALITY, MUANG DISTRICT, SONGKHLA PROVINCE

Abstract

This article studied household waste management in Khaoroopchang municipality, Muang District, Songkhla Province, by combining household waste management principles with people's behavior focusing on making the community clean and livable sustainably. The objectives of this research were to
1) study the level of household waste management in Khaoroopchang municipality, Muang district, Songkhla province, and 2) compare the level of household waste management in Khaoroopchang municipality, Muang district, Songkhla province. The questionnaire used to collect data from 396 respondents in the area. The statistics used to analyze the data were mean, standard deviation, t - test and one-way ANOVA.

The results founded that 1) the average of overall level of household waste management in Khaoroopchang municipality, Muang district, Songkhla province, was at the highest. When considering in each aspect, the highest level was the re-use of damaged materials, followed by re-cycling of recycled materials, material reuse, waste reduction, and the avoidance of materials that would create a waste problem. 2) When comparing the levels of household waste management in Khaoroopchang municipality, Muang district, Songkhla province, in terms of gender, age, education level, and period of residence, there was no significant difference. However, differences in occupation found statistically significant difference at .05 level. The findings can be applied to improve waste management in the area more efficiently.