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Awareness and attitudes of people perception towards to household solid waste disposal: Kumbakonam Town, Tamilnadu, India | Abstract
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Awareness and attitudes of people perception towards to household solid waste disposal: Kumbakonam Town, Tamilnadu, India

Author(s): K. Indhira, J. Senthil, S. Vadivel

Introduction: This study mainly focuses the people attitude and awareness about the solid waste disposal. The questionnaire survey method and possibly covering the socio-economic, demographic and environmental variables that are largely determined the behavioral pattern of household solid waste management. Objectives: a) to simplify the socio-economic and demographic characteristics of respondent’s participation in solid waste disposal, b) to explain the public awareness towards to household waste disposal, c) to analyze the attitude of people regarding household solid waste disposal and d) to identify the statistical association and significance between the selected variables. Sample: 183 males and 117 females (300) respondents were observed for the present study and their age was between 18 and 60 years. Methodology: The SPSS software is used derive Karl Pearson Correlation analysis is used for easy interpretation and interrelationship between variables. Conclusion: More than half of them are using small dustbin to put household wastes. One forth, half, and one fourth of them are disposing waste daily once, twice and thrice respectively. They are disposing three and six kilograms of bio-degradable and non-degradable waste/week. Three fourth of the respondents are opinioned that they are satisfied with the works of municipality sweepers.