Waste Management Recycling With Public Participation In The Area Of Mueang Phuket District, Phuket Province

Abstract

The objectives of this research were (1) to study the waste management recycling with public participation in the area of Mueang Phuket District, Phuket Province, (2) to study the problem and obstacle  of the waste management recycling with public participation in the area of Mueang Phuket District, Phuket Province, and, (3) to  study the recommendations of the waste management recycling with public participation in the area of Mueang Phuket District, Phuket Province.The research was qualitative.   Key informants in this study were local administrative organization administrators, local government organization personnel and the public general, living in Mueang Phuket District Are, Phuket Province, totaling 22 key informants  by a purposive selection.  The research tool was a structured interview.  The data analysis used in a descriptive summary.

The results of the research found that (1) the waste management recycling with public participation in the area of Mueang Phuket District, Phuket Province was a result of the rapid growth of Phuket province causing a problem of overflowing garbage in the city.  It affected the image of the province as an international tourist destination. Therefore, public participation in the systematic management of recycled waste in Phuket province had been created by providing knowledge on the 3Rs principles, public relations campaigns to make people aware of the importance of garbage problems in the area. By creating incentives in the form of monetary and non-monetary meant to encourage people to jointly separate household waste. Then raised the level to creating a community network for managing recycled waste, (2) the problem and obstacle  of the waste management recycling with public participation in the area of Mueang Phuket District, Phuket Province found that people and entrepreneurs in the area still lack discipline and lacked awareness in separating waste before throwing it away, lacked of budget for management. The number of trash cans in the community were still insufficient to the point of creating a breeding ground for germs that had an impact on both the health of the people and the environment in the community, and (3) the recommendations of the waste management recycling with public participation in the area of Mueang Phuket District, Phuket Province found that people in various communities must be made aware of changing their behavior to cooperate in managing waste in their own residences to a minimum or creating added value to waste, instead of waiting to accept only relying on solid waste management from the government alone. Therefore, it would make managing the waste problem in Mueang Phuket District. Phuket Province was sustainable.