Management to Produce Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) and Organic Compost by the Kaeng Hang Maeo Subdistrict Administrative Organization in Kaeng Hang Maeo District, Chantaburi Province

Abstract

     Almost the entire area of Kaeng Hang Maeo Subdistrict Administrative Organization; It is the Khun-Chong National Forest Reserve, some community conditions are urban communities, there is relatively rapid economic and social expansion, including with changes in people's consumption behavior. and tends to cause increased waste volume problems. The Study of Refuse Management to Produce Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) and Organic Compost by the Kaeng Hang Maeo Subdistrict Administrative aimed to identify guidelines and compare refuse management to produce refuse-derived fuel and organic compost conducted by the subdistrict administrative organization and certain private companies. The data for this qualitative research were collected by means of in-depth interviews and focus group discussions with 7 administrators of Kaeng Hang Maeo Subdistrict Administrative Organization, 12 administrators of local government organizations involved in policy and policy implementation and chief engineers from 3 private companies involved in the construction of waste management plants to produce refuse-derived fuel and organic compost. By select specific target groups. It was content analysis.
     The study revealed the practicality and cost effectiveness of having private companies assuming responsibility for refuse management to produce refuse-derived fuel and organic compost over implementation and management by the Subdistrict Organization.The reasons agreed upon by both the Organization and private companies are:better management in terms of finance, personnel, machinery, experience in machine operating systems, as well as other day-to-day management. In these aspects, private companies are better equipped than the Kaeng Hang Maeo Subdistrict Administrative Organization. These results are likely to hold for similar projects undertaken by local government organizations in Rayong province.