Study of Waste Management Guidelines in Ban Rang Plub Community, Ban Pong District, Ratchaburi Province

Abstract

This research article has two objectives: 1) to study the background of the waste problem in the Ban Rang Plub community, and 2) to study waste management guidelines in the Ban Rang Plub community. This research was qualitative, collecting data through in-depth interviews and analyzing data according to content analysis principles. The results found that, in the past, as the Ban Rang Plub community was located in Ban Pong District where there were 700 factories, the factory staff traveling through the Ban Rang Plub community often brought waste to throw into bins of the Ban Rang Plub community. As a result, the amount of waste in the Ban Rang Plub community was large and the bins quickly filled up, garbage overflowed from the bin, and the area around the bin became dirty. Therefore, the waste problem in the Ban Rang Plub community was solved by the following steps: 1) providing knowledge about waste management to villagers, 2) creating participation in waste management, 3) doing activities to promote waste management, and 4) delivering benefits from waste management to villagers in the community. The leaders and villagers in Ban Rang Plub community intended to develop their community to be waste-free. Hence, the Ban Rang Plub community became a “Zero Waste” community in 2019.