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Abstract

The purposes of this research were to investigate the sorting of solid waste in Rajabhat Maha Sarakham University and to study factors related to the sorting of solid waste of students in Rajabhat Maha Sarakham University. The population was 11,909 Rajabhat Maha Sarakham University students. The sample size was 427 students, obtained by Multi-stage Sampling. Data were collected by using a questionnaire. The study period was from November 2019 to February 2020. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics including percentage, mean, standard deviation, maximum, minimum and inferential statistics including chi-square and Pearson’s correlation coefficients.

The results of the research indicated that the sample had a good level of knowledge about the sorting of solid waste with a mean of 8.80 (S.D.=1.20). Solid waste sorting was at a regular level with a mean of 2.39 (S.D.=0.57). The attitude towards solid waste sorting was at a high level with a mean of 2.59 (S.D.=0.49). The perception of solid waste sorting was at a high level with a mean of 2.74 (S.D.=0.45). Factors related to the sorting of solid waste included gender, age, faculty, university year, knowledge, attitude, and perception with a statistical significance level of 0.05.

Therefore, a policy should be promoted to achieve a systematic and concrete solid waste sorting. With positive attitude and good practice, students can continually perform solid waste sorting. Besides, media and campaign publicity should be promoted to enhance the awareness, leading to sustainable problem solving and greater efficient solid waste management in the university.