Public Participation to Community Based Solid Waste Management Project with the 3R Concept in Phayathai District Area, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration

Abstract

    This research aims: to study the public participation factors with affecting to the community based solid waste management with the 3R concept in Phayathai District Area, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, the problems the public participation and guildline to community based solid waste management project with the 3R concept in Phayathai District Area, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. The participants in the study were people who live in Phayathai community area, totally 400 in numbers. The study used a quantitative method, which utilized the questionnaires to collect the data. The statistics used in this case were descriptive statistics analysis: frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and including assumption by Multiple Regression Analysis. and in-depth interview from 10 key informants to content analysis. The results of research found that:

          1) The public participation factors have statistically significant influence at the level of .05 on the community based solid waste management with the 3R concept in Phayathai District Area, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and the positive directions were the evaluation participation, performance participation, achievement participation and decision making participation, respectively.

          2) The problems of public participation in community based solid waste management project with the 3R concept in Phayathai District Area, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration was public relations campaigns to raise awareness and understanding among the public are not continuous and serious. Some people still do not cooperate with waste separation as much as they should. The establishment also lacks consciousness and discipline in littering. In addition, waste collection management is inefficient due to insufficient resources such as budget, personnel, garbage collection trucks, and containers used to support and sort garbage in the community.

3) The guidelines for improving public participation include: Bangkok Metropolitan Administration should have public relations to promote and in still a positive attitude towards waste management among the people. To reduce the amount of solid waste that the district office must collect, and should consider the garbage collection rate to be consistent and appropriate to incentivize upstream waste management, as well as manage resources and budget to be sufficient for waste management in the community and increase common areas for waste separation activities