Abstract:
This study attempts to study the participation, understanding, and conscious in wet waste management of people residing in Ban Bueng Town Municipality, Ban Bueng District in Chon Buri Province. The data were collected using in-depth interview as a research tool. 15 community leader or related representatives were purposively selected for the interviews. For quantitative study, 230 residents residing in Ban Bueng Town Municipality, Ban Bueng District in Chon Buri Province were selected to fill in the questionnaires. It was found that the people participation in the community in overall were at the moderate level. Some communities or means of 3.41 ( X = 3.41) provided activities to promote or foster the participation in wet waste management and perceived the activities as the collaboration between community and Ban Bueng Town Municipality. The study on understanding, and conscious in wet waste management of people residing in Ban Bueng Town Municipality reveal that people did understand in sorting of the waste at the high level or at the means of 4.12 ( X = 4.12) whilst the consciousness on wet waste management was at the moderate level. Some residents did not sort the waste before throwing away. Some types of containers could harm the environment. The large amount of garbage flew in the community. It was found from the study of behavior for wet waste management in household that residents behaved or dealt with waste management at low level. Some never sorted garbage before leaving. They aggregated them in black bag. Only some did sort the garbage before throwing away