Model of Effective solid Waste Management of Ubon Ratchathani Rajabhat University

Abstract

      Solid waste management is an important problem, and all relevant sectors must urgently take action to correct this. The objectives of this research were to investigate opinions on behavior, knowledge, and participation in solid waste management, and to study the model of causal relationship factors affecting the effectiveness of solid waste management. This quantitative research applied questionnaires to collect data from the sample group who were 300 Ubon Ratchathani Rajabhat University personnel by multi-stage sampling method. Statistics used in data analysis consisted of t-test statistic, one-way analysis, and multiple regression analysis. The results showed that: 1) The overall scores of behaviors, knowledge, and participation, and the effectiveness of solid waste management were at a high level; and 2) It was found that the influence of solid waste management behavior, solid waste management knowledge and solid waste management participation influenced the effectiveness of solid waste management with a statistical significance of 0.05. The solid waste management behavior had the greatest influence (Beta = .238), followed by participation in solid waste management (Beta = .105) and the lowest was Solid Waste Management Knowledge Beta = .056). The components can be predicting the effectiveness of solid waste management as 65.00 percent. Therefore, for successful solid waste management, the main duties of solid waste management must be defined in each agency to achieve the goal and the effectiveness of the area in Ubon Ratchathani Rajabhat University