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Measuring the public awareness toward household waste management in Muharraq Governorate-Kingdom of Bahrain

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Abbas, S. Y., Kirwan, Kerry and Lu, Dawei (2020) Measuring the public awareness toward household waste management in Muharraq Governorate-Kingdom of Bahrain. Journal of Environmental Protection, 11 (3). pp. 196-214. doi:10.4236/jep.2020.113012

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Abstract

Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) generation is growing rapidly as compared to the rate of urbanization. Household waste management is considered a highly challenging task for Bahrain’s policy-makers, urban planners and municipalities due to rising population, burgeoning growth rate of waste generation, limited availability of land and scarce waste disposal sites. Public awareness represents a key enabler in order to succeed any sustainable waste management practice in the country. The survey aimed at gauging public awareness about household waste management in Muharraq Governorate and explored if there are any correlations between educational level, gender, occupation and age and area of living with the level of public awareness as well as its three components: knowledge, attitude and behaviour of the people in Muharraq Governorate. The results indicated the total awareness is significantly different across different age levels and nationality. Moreover, it shows a high public awareness toward household waste management among people in Muharraq Governorate, which indicated that the society is aware and has the basics to build on in terms of sustainable waste management practices and technologies adoption, which may help overcome the possible social barrier represented by low public awareness.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
T Technology > TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
Divisions: Faculty of Science > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group)
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Refuse and refuse disposal -- Management -- Bahrain, Refuse and refuse disposal -- Bahrain -- Public opinion
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Environmental Protection
Publisher: Scientific Research Publishing, Inc.
ISSN: 2152-2197
Official Date: 13 March 2020
Dates:
DateEvent
13 March 2020Published
10 March 2020Accepted
Date of first compliant deposit: 17 November 2020
Volume: 11
Number: 3
Page Range: pp. 196-214
DOI: 10.4236/jep.2020.113012
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access

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