Factors related to household waste management behaviors based on the 5Rs principle among people in Phitsanulok municipality
Keywords:
5Rs, Municipality community, Waste management behaviorAbstract
This cross-sectional study aims to examine household waste management behaviors and explore the factors that relate to household waste management behaviors based on the 5Rs principle among people in Phitsanulok municipality. The sample group consisted of 180 people from the Ban Khlong Samakkhi community. The questionnaires were used to collect data, which was then analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics such as the Eta correlation coefficient and the Pearson correlation coefficient.
The results showed that the majority of the sample group, 68.9 percent, had a moderate level of household waste management behaviors based on the 5Rs principle. Predisposing factors (householdmonthly income, number of household members, knowledge, and attitudes towards waste management behaviors based on the 5Rs principle), enabling factors, and reinforcing factors related to waste management behaviors based on the 5Rs principle had a statistically significant related to waste management behaviors based on the 5Rs principle among people in Phitsanulok municipality at the statistical significance level of 0.05. The research findings can be used as a guideline by Phitsanulok municipality to solve the community's waste management problem, particularly for low-income groups, and encourage household members to advise their households to manage household waste. Furthermore, there should be projects or programs in municipalities and other communities that promote waste management through knowledge, attitudes, enabling factors, and reinforcing factors, to increase waste management behaviors based on the 5Rs principle among people.
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