Solid Waste Disposal Habit of People of National Capital Region In India
Understanding Waste Disposal Habits in India's National Capital Region
by Ajay Sharma*, Dr. Satyapal Yadav,
- Published in Journal of Advances and Scholarly Researches in Allied Education, E-ISSN: 2230-7540
Volume 2, Issue No. 2, Oct 2011, Pages 0 - 0 (0)
Published by: Ignited Minds Journals
ABSTRACT
Thepresent study explores the participation of the resident of NCR in properdisposal of waste. Researcher has attempted to collect primary data on persondisposing waste, methods of disposing waste, treatment of reusable waste,practice of carrying shopping bag and, knowledge of colour of dustbins. Thisstudy will provide policy makers and communication campaign designer usefulinformation regarding the waste disposal habit of the respondent.
KEYWORD
solid waste disposal, habit, people, National Capital Region, India, participation, resident, waste disposal, primary data, disposing waste, methods, treatment, reusable waste, practice, carrying shopping bag, knowledge, colour, dustbins, policy makers, communication campaign designer, useful information, respondent
INTRODUCTION
The present study explores the participation of the resident of NCR in proper disposal of waste. Researcher has attempted to collect primary data on person disposing waste, methods of disposing waste, treatment of reusable waste, practice of carrying shopping bag and, knowledge of colour of dustbins. This study will provide policy makers and communication campaign designer useful information regarding the waste disposal habit of the respondent. The study was carried out in the following five types of residential area in national capital region in India: Slum, Pucca Slum, Camp area, Colony and, Apartments during the month of June 2010.
MATERIAL AND METHOD
Researcher used structured questionnaire based survey method for the collection of data. Total respondents interviewed were 323. Partial preliminary finding of the survey is presented here below: The figure-1 indicates that in case of 53% (172) of the respondents, the waste is disposed by their familymembers whereas nearly 40 %( 126) of therespondents engage private sweeper, housemaids orMCD sweeper to dispose waste. Among 7.74% (25) ofthe respondents the waste is handled by both sweeper and family members. Waste management is viewed as teamwork betweenfamily and the person taking waste to the nearestcollection centre. Performance of this teamwork has its bearing on the overall economy of waste management
Figure 2: Methods of disposing waste
Methods of disposing waste practiced by the respondent public dustbinsweeper dispose itburn itthrow openlyFrequency
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The Figure-2 shows that the respondents do not at allpractice segregation which is the most importantcomponent of waste management. On the other hand71.72% (231) of the respondents depend uponsweeper to collect the waste. However 18.27 % (59)percent of the respondents does throw the waste in the public dustbins but again it is un- segregated disposal. Segregate of waste not only facilitate the easy disposal of it but also adds to the revenue of MunicipalCorporations (MC’s). Segregation enhances reusingand recycling output and reduces cost of handling andtransportation of waste. It also supports many recyclingindustry operating at different level
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