4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We express our deep sense of gratitude to Ms. Anitha Jose, Associate
Professor,Department of Zoology, Assumption College, Changanacherry
for her encouragement and advice throughout this work.
Our sincere thanks to Prof. Tessy Jose, Head of the Department of
Zoology, Assumption College, Changanacherry, for her valuable
support.
Our sincere thanks to Rev. Dr Sr Amala S H, Principal, Assumption
College, Changanacherry, for her support.
Our sincere thanks to our friends and families for their support and
help.
Above all we thank God Almighty for showering His abundant blessings
in carrying out and completing this work.
Belsy Martin
Reshma Ramesh
Anju Saji
Athira Radhakrishnan
Merlin Abraham
Surya Raju
5. STUDY ON HOUSEHOLD PLASTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT AND ITS
AWARENESS
INTRODUCTION
Many of the human activities invariably produce some wastes. Owing
to the modern lifestyle patterns combined with population explosion,
the quantity of waste generated has multiplied several times and has
grown beyond the carrying capacity of earth’s ecosystem to recycle the
wastes. Modern day wastes include high proportions of non-degradable
materials such as plastics (Desa et al. 2011). Last 50-60 years have
witnessed the replacement of wood and metal with plastic in many
households (Hopewell et al.2009).Plastics cause threat to human and
environmental health, and plastic waste management is a major
challenge these days .
The present study is about household plastic waste management and
awareness regarding the same among people.
8. RESULTS
I.Merlin V
This is a village area and the plot size of majority of the houses is 5-10
cents.
1.PLOT SIZE
Sl. No Plot Size No of Houses
1 Below5 cents 4
2 5-10 cents 17
3 11-20 cents 2
4 21-50 cents 0
5 50 and above 2
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
below 5
cent
5-10 cent 11-20
cent
21-50
cent
51 and
above
NOOFHOUSE
PLOT SIZE
Series1
9. 2. PLASTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT
1. Major plastic waste: In 12 families plastic covers and in 13 families, milk covers form
the major share.
2. Formal waste disposal system: 11 families have a formal waste disposal systemand 14
do not.
3. Agency which collects plastic waste: Panchayat
4. 14 families do not have any waste disposal systemand they are disposing their waste
by various means such as burning, discarding in the open space, and burying in the back
yard.
5. Lack of space and time for waste disposal are the reasons pointed out for the crude
methods adopted by the relevant categories.
3. AWARENESS AND ATTITUDES ON PLASTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT
6. 14 families think that the waste disposal method is a problem in their area and 11 do
not think so.
7. 11 are satisfied about the current waste disposal mechanism.
8. Only 3 are associated with any awareness/ training program and 22 are not.
9. 18 are satisfied and 7 are not satisfied with the quality of the environment.
10. Only 6 are aware on the importance of waste minimization and 19 only to some extent.
11. 15 are ready to recycle plastic waste and 10 are ready to adopt waste reduction
practices.
12. 14 prefer segregation of waste as a solution to the plastic waste management and 11
find that creating awareness for waste management practices could be a better
solution.
10. II. Surya SU
1.PLOT SIZE
This is a semi-urban area and the plot size of majority of the houses is
below 5 cents.
Sl. No Plot Size No of Houses
1 Below5 cents 17
2 5-10 cents 7
3 11-20 cents 1
4 21-50 cents 0
5 50 and above 0
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
BELOW 5
CENTS
5-10
CENTS
11-20
CENTS
21-50
CENTS
51 AND
ABOVE
17
7
1 0 0
NOOFHOUSES
PLOT SIZE
NO OF HOUSES
11.
12. III.Reshma SU
This is a semi-urban area and the plot size of majority of the houses is
5-10 cents.
1.PLOT SIZE
Sl. No Plot Size No of Houses
1 Below5 cents 5
2 5-10 cents 16
3 11-20 cents 1
4 21-50 cents 3
5 50 and above 0
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
below 5
cent
5-10 cent 11-20
cent
21-50
cent
51 and
above
NOOFHOUSE
PLOT SIZE
Series1
13. 2.PLASTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT
1. Major plastic waste: In 14 families, plastic covers and in 11 families, milk covers are the
major hazard.
2. Formal waste disposal system: No one have a formal waste disposal systemin their area.
3. Agency which collects plastic waste: No formal waste disposal system.
4.11 are disposing their waste by burning , 6 are discarding in the open space and 7 are burying
in the back yard.
5. Lack of space and time for waste disposal are the reasons pointed out for the crude methods
adopted by the relevant categories.
3. AWRNESS AND ATTITUDES ON PLASTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT
6. 19 families think that the waste disposal method is a problem in their area and 6 do not think
so.
7. 19 are satisfied about the current waste disposal mechanism.
8. No one is associated with any awareness / training programme.
9. All are satisfied with the quality of the environment.
10. 23 are aware on the importance of waste minimization and 2 to some extent.
11.12 are ready to recycle plastic waste and 13 are ready to adopt waste reduction practices.
12. 4 families suggest proper monitoring system,10 imposing fine/fee, 8 bringing advanced
processing technology and 3 suggest that creating awareness for waste management practices
could be a solution.
14. IV. Belsy URBAN
This is an urban area and the plot size of majority of the houses is
below 5 cents.
1.PLOT SIZE
Sl. No Plot Size No of Houses
1 Below5 cents 14
2 5-10 cents 11
3 11-20 cents 0
4 21-50 cents 0
5 50 and above 0
15. 2.PLASTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT
1. Major plastic waste - All the houses found that plastic covers are the major hazard.
2. Formal waste disposal system - All the houses have a formal waste disposal system.
3. Agency which collects the wastes - Municipality is the agency collects waste in the
locality.
3.AWARENESS AND ATTITUDES ON PLASTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT
6. The waste disposal method is not a problem in their area.
7. 14 have good opinion about the current waste disposal mechanism and 11 are
satisfactory about current disposal system.
8. No one is associated with any awareness/training program.
9. 10 are satisfied and 15 are not satisfied with the quality of the environment.
10. 24 are not aware on the importance of waste minimization and only one is aware
about the importance of waste minimization.
11. All are ready to adopt waste reduction practices.
12. 22 are encouraging waste reduction and 3 are ready to creating awareness for waste
management practices as a solution.
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
below 5
cents
5-10 cents 11-20
cents
21-50
cents
51 and
above
NOOFHOUSE
PLOT SIZE
Series1
16. V. Athira URBAN
This is an urban area and the plot size of majority of the houses is 5-10
cents.
1.PLOT SIZE
Sl. No Plot Size No of Houses
1 Below5 cents 6
2 5-10 cents 10
3 11-20 cents 4
4 21-50 cents 2
5 50 and above 3
17. 2. PLASTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT
1. Major plastic waste- All houses found that plastic covers are the major hazard.
2. Formal waste disposal system- All the houses have a formal waste disposal system.
3. Agency which collects the waste- Municipality is the agency collects wastes in the locality.
3.AWARENESS AND ATTITUDES ON PLASTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT.
6. The waste disposal method is a problem in their area.
7. 12 have good opinion about the current waste disposal mechanism and 6 are satisfactory
about current disposal system.
8. 12 are associated with awareness program/ 6 are not associated.
9. 13 are satisfied and 8 are not satisfied with the quality of the environment.
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
BELOW
5 CENT
5-10
CENT
11-20
CENT
21-50
CENT
51 AND
ABOVE
NOOFHHOUSES
PLOT SIZE
NO OF HOUSES
18. 10. 14 are not aware on the importance of waste minimization and only one is aware about the
Importance of waste minimization.
11. 13 are adopt recycling method and 11 pay an amount for disposal.
12. 11 are creating awareness for waste management practice and 10 adopt segregation of
waste.
19. VI. Anju URBAN
This is an urban area and the plot size of majority of the houses is 5-10
cents.
1.PLOT SIZE
Sl. No Plot Size No of Houses
1 Below5 cents 2
2 5-10 cents 18
3 11-20 cents 4
4 21-50 cents 0
5 50 and above 1
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
BELOW 5 CENT5-10 CENT 11-20 CENT 21-50 CENT51 AND ABOVE
NO OF HOUSE
20. 2.PLASTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT
1. Major plastic waste –All the houses found plastic covers are the major hazard.
2 .Formal waste disposal system-Not all houses have a formal waste disposal system.
3. No agency will collect the wastes
4. Waste management- Most of all burnt plastic wastes.
3. AWARENESS AND ATTITUDES ON PLASTIC WASTEMANAGEMENT
6. The waste disposal method is not a problem in their area.
7. Some are not satisfied with their disposal mechanism.
8. No one is associated with any awareness/training program.
9. A few are satisfied, and most of them are not.
10. 14 and 19 are not aware on the importance of waste minimization and others are
aware about the minimization of waste.
11. Most of them are chose for recycling method while others adopt waste reduction
Practices.
12. Encouraging waste reduction, create awareness for waste management practices
are the most adopted techniques.
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