Role of Psychosocial Factors in Effective Design of Solid Waste Management Programmes: Evidence from India

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 266-280
Author(s):  
Vidya Pratap ◽  
Maurya Dayashankar ◽  
Seena Biju
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Psychosocial Factors ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Behavioural Change ◽  
Household Waste ◽  
National Programme ◽  
Waste Segregation

The critical need for behavioural change for effective solid waste management is well known. However, policies and programmes continue to underemphasize this crucial component in their design, especially in developing countries such as India. Further, empirical research on the psychosocial factors in solid waste management in developing countries is limited, including within India, where a large national programme for solid waste management is currently being implemented. Using a household survey based on the theory of planned behavioural change, we examine the psychosocial factors towards household waste segregation. We find that more than knowledge and attitude, consequences to behaviour play a critical role in intention as well as actual behaviour towards household waste segregation. Based on our findings, we draw implications for redesigning the national programme and contribute to empirical evidence on the role of psychosocial factors in solid waste management in the context of developing countries.

scholarly journals Low-Cost Strategies to Improve Municipal Solid Waste Management in Developing Countries: Experimental Evidence from Nepal

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mani Nepal ◽  
Apsara Karki Nepal ◽  
Madan S. Khadayat ◽  
Rajesh K. Rai ◽  
Priya Shyamsundar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Waste Disposal ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Household Waste ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Behavioural Interventions ◽  
Waste Segregation

AbstractMany cities in developing countries lack adequate drainage and waste management infrastructure. Consequently, city residents face economic and health impacts from flooding and waterlogging, which are aggravated by solid waste infiltrating and blocking drains. City governments have recourse to two strategies to address these problems: a) ‘hard’ infrastructure-related interventions through investment in the expansion of drainage and waste transportation networks; and/or, b) ‘soft’, low-cost behavioural interventions that encourage city residents to change waste disposal practices. This research examines whether behavioural interventions, such as information and awareness raising alongside provision of inexpensive street waste bins, can improve waste management in the city. We undertook a cluster randomized controlled trial study in Bharatpur, Nepal, where one group of households was treated with a soft, low-cost intervention (information and street waste bins) while the control group of households did not receive the intervention. We econometrically compared baseline indicators – perceived neighbourhood cleanliness, household waste disposal methods, and at-source waste segregation – from a pre-intervention survey with data from two rounds of post-intervention surveys. Results from analysing household panel data indicate that the intervention increased neighbourhood cleanliness and motivated the treated households to dispose their waste properly through waste collectors. The intervention, however, did not increase household waste segregation at source, which is possibly because of municipal waste collectors mixing segregated and non-segregated waste during collection. At-source segregation, a pre-requisite for efficiently managing municipal solid waste, may improve if municipalities arrange to collect and manage degradable and non-degradable waste separately.

Surviving from garbage: the role of informal waste-pickers in a dynamic model of solid-waste management in developing countries

2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 371-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROCÍO DEL PILAR MORENO-SÁNCHEZ ◽  
JORGE HIGINIO MALDONADO
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Dynamic Model ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Waste Collection ◽  
Management Policies ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Waste Pickers

In developing countries, informal waste-pickers (known as scavengers) play an important role in solid waste management systems, acting in a parallel way to formal waste collection and disposal agents. Scavengers collect, from the streets, dumpsites, or landfills, re-usable and recyclable material that can be reincorporated into the economy's production process. Despite the benefits that they generate to society, waste-pickers are ignored when waste management policies are formulated. The purpose of this paper is to integrate the role of scavengers in a dynamic model of production, consumption, and recovery, and to show that, in an economy producing solid waste, efficiency can be reached using a set of specific and complementary policies: a tax on virgin materials use, a tax on consumption and disposal, and a subsidy to the recovery of material. A numerical simulation is performed to evaluate the impact of these policies on landfill lifetime and natural resource stocks. A discussion on the implementation of these instruments is also included.

scholarly journals Determinants of Household Waste Segregation in Gorkha Municipality, Nepal

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bijan Maskey
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Household Waste ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Waste Segregation ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Government ◽  
Level Of Significance

Municipal solid waste management is a huge challenge specially in the developing countries. The first and fundamental step to solve the problem of municipal solid waste management is by waste segregation at source and separate collection of waste, which will help to recover recyclable materials and reduce the amount of waste that needs to be disposed at the dumpsite or landfill site. In Nepal, waste segregation at source is mandated by law but the government is not able to implement it successfully. This paper assesses the willingness of the households to practice waste segregation in future if the government enforces the law and various factors that influences the practice. Data was collected from 401 households which was selected using stratified sampling technique from all the municipal wards, the lowest administrative units in Nepal. The finding shows that about 67% of the respondents are willing to segregate waste in future if the government enforces the law. Logit regression model was employed to identify the factors that influence waste segregation practice. The significant variables found from this study are environmental awareness, waste collection service, willingness to pay, make compost, and segregated waste for a week variables, which are statistically significant at 1% level of significance. Income variable is significant at 5% level of significance and gender variable is significant at 10% level of significance. It is recommended that the concerned stakeholders should educate the households on the importance of waste segregation and consider these traits of households before enforcing the law.

scholarly journals Peran Pemerintah Boyolali Dalam Pengelolaan Sampah Lingkungan Permukiman Perkotaan (Studi Kasus: Perumahan Bumi Singkil Permai)

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Tri Kharisma Jati
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Service Provider ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Household Waste ◽  
Disposal Site ◽  
Management Service ◽  
Urban Neighborhood

All this time, solid waste management is only conducted in landfill disposal site without realizing that waste management is needed from waste production to reduce the cumulation at the site. Solid waste management in urban neighborhood can be found in Boyolali. This city has been awarded Adipura trophy five times consecutively. One of Adipura assessment is waste management in neighborhood scale. This research was conducted in Bumi Singkil Permai Housing that has been successfully managing their household waste into useful recycle items so the amount of waste that needed to be carried could be reduced. This neighborhood waste management is also involving the role of local government of Boyolali. The research question is how the government’s role in waste management of Boyolali neighborhood? Thus the objective of this study is to analyze the role of government in urban neighborhood. Then, the identification can be done to discover government’s role as regulator and service provider. The data has been conducted through document review and questionnaire, and the analysis has been done using descriptive statistical analysis technique. Based on the findings, it was found that the percentage of government’s role as regulator and service provider in neighborhood waste management is 80% and 61,67%. That number of amount is obtained from scoring of regulation for government’s role as regulator and people assessment towards government’s performance in waste management service. Government’s role as regulator in waste management can be seen from the policies, strategies, programs, and local regulations. Meanwhile, their role as service provider in waste management is in forms of government’s help and assistance in service activities in waste management from the production until it’s vanished.

A framework for sustainable and integrated municipal solid waste management: barriers and critical factors to developing countries

2021 ◽  
pp. 127516
Author(s):  
Marcio Batista ◽  
Rodrigo Goyannes Gusmão Caiado ◽  
Osvaldo Luiz Gonçalves Quelhas ◽  
Gilson Brito Alves Lima ◽  
Walter Leal Filho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Critical Factors

Role of Microbes and Microbial Consortium in Solid Waste Management

2021 ◽  
pp. 383-422
Author(s):  
Rachana Jain ◽  
Lopa Pattanaik ◽  
Susant Kumar Padhi ◽  
Satya Narayan Naik
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Microbial Consortium ◽  
Solid Waste Management

scholarly journals Determinants of Willingness to Pay for Improved Solid Waste Management System in Lekhnath, Kaski, Nepal

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ananta Raj Dhungana
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Management System ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Family Type ◽  
Waste Management System ◽  
Solid Waste Management System ◽  
At Home

Solid waste management is one of the developmental challenges facing city authorities worldwide, especially in most developing countries. Rapid urbanization has made solid waste management a serious problem in poor and developing countries. This study aims to analyze the determinants of willingness to pay for improved solid waste management system. For this purpose, two hundred and seventeen Households were selected in Lekhnath, Kaski, Nepal. Pre-structured questionnaire was used to collect the data. Data was collected by using systematic random sampling techniques. Multiple Linear Regression analysis was used to find the determinants of willingness to pay for improved solid waste management system. The tentative average wastes produced per day from their house is one kilogram with minimum one hundred gram and maximum ten kilogram per day. Main disposal method/site for solid waste management of majority of the respondents is Burn followed by cannal, near open places, send in waste management vehicle, road side and rivulets. Almost all of the respondents are not satisfied with the community responsible for solid waste management in the study area. The average amount that the respondents have willingness to pay for solid waste management system is Rs 56.84 per month. Further, it is found that Having any member abroad, Remittance received in last one year and House ownership are the major determining factors for willingness to pay for improved solid waste management system in the study area. However, other factors like Sex of the respondents, age of the respondents, family size, Family type, Caste/ethnicity, education of the respondents, Total number of employed person at home, Total number of literate person at home, Major occupation of the respondents, tentative weight of accumulated solid waste per day, Monthly Income of household, Visit at any hotel/restaurant during last 12 months, and Having any livestock at household do not have any significant impact on willingness to pay for improved solid waste management system. Janapriya Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, Vol. 6 (December 2017)

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