Awareness Level and Implementation of Solid Waste Management Practices among Rural and Urban Household in Haryana

A Comparative Analysis of Solid Waste Management Practices in Rural and Urban Households of Haryana

Abstract

Household solid waste consists of garbage (such as bottles, jars, clothes, disposables, food packing, nourishment scraps, newspaper, magazines and yard trimmings etc.) that originates from individual houses. Solid waste management has become a critical issue in Indian urban and rural area to protect environmental quality. A challenge for the authorities as the rate of generation of waste is very high. To handle this problem, many countries are turning to reduce, reuse and recycling which is a constructive tool for solid waste management. In addition, for successful development and implementation of any solid waste project, community participation in collection and design of facilities is essential. To come up with a sustainable technology of solid waste, it requires a survey on the awareness and practices regarding solid waste management. The present study aims to measure and compare the awareness level of rural and urban respondents of Haryana state towards reducing, reusing and recycling of solid waste management. A random sample of 400 respondents of Rewari, Jhajjar, Bhiwani and Kurukshetra districts of Haryana has been taken into consideration for the purpose of study. The primary data through a structured questionnaire has been collected and mean, standard deviation and t- test were applied for the purpose of analyzing the data. The obtained findings of the study reveal that respondents under consideration are moderately aware about solid waste management practices (i.e. reduce, reuse and recycling). The findings further reveal that there is no significant difference between rural and urban respondents on solid waste management practices.