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Aboei E, Ehrampoosh M H, Rahahi Z, Madady Zadeh F, Mirhosseini A, Hosseini A. Waste Segregation in Yazd: Awareness, Attitude and Performance of Yazd Households and Related Ecological Factors. TB 2022; 21 (4) :61-74
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Ehsan Aboei 
, Mohammad hassan Ehrampoosh , Zohre Rahahi , Farzan Madady Zadeh , Abolghasem Mirhosseini , Akramsadat Hosseini *
, Mohammad hassan Ehrampoosh , Zohre Rahahi , Farzan Madady Zadeh , Abolghasem Mirhosseini , Akramsadat Hosseini *
, Akrams.hosseini@yahoo.com
Keywords: Source Waste Segregation, Awareness, Performance, Attitude, Citizen Participation, Ecological Factors.
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Waste Segregation in Yazd: Awareness, Attitude and Performance of Yazd Households and Related Ecological Factors
Ehsan Aboei( Ph.D.)1,Mohammad Hasan Ehrampoosh(Ph.D.)2, Zohreh Rahaei (Ph.D.)3
Farzan Madadizadeh (Ph.D.)4,Abolghasem Mirhosseini( Ph.D.)5,Akramsadat Hosseini(M.Sc.)6
1.Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Technology Research Center, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
2.Professor, Environmental Science and Technology Research Center, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
3.Assistant Professor, Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of public Health, Shahid
Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences,Yazd,Iran.
4.Assistant Professor, Departments of biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of public health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
5.Professor, Department of Environment, Faculty of Environment, Yazd Azad University, Yazd, Iran
6.Corresponding Author:M.Sc. Student of Human Ecology, School of public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. Email: Akrams.hosseini@yahoo.com Tel:03538209137
Abstract
Introduction: Generation of waste, on the one hand, and recycling it, on the other hand, are the most important challenges of waste management. Regarding this approach, waste segregation of the source by households is the most suitable and affordable component in the waste management. This study was conducted in Yazd city with the aim of determining the household's awareness, attitude, and performance of households toward waste segregation and related ecological factors.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study carried out in 2019 on 386 households in Yazd city. They were selected by simple random sampling. Data were collected thorough a researcher-made questionnaire. Non-parametric, Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests were also used to investigate the relationship between ecological factors and awareness, attitude and performance. All analyses were done in spss-24 software considering a significance level of 5%
Results: 53.6% of the households segregated their recyclable waste. Among the ecological factors included in this research, factors such as family member's cooperation, sufficient space allocated for waste storage, paying attention to environment's protection, informing on the exact collection time for garbage, regular garbage collection by municipality, waiting time regarding garbage collection, and execution time of garbage collection, and providing regular education by municipal authorities had a significant relationship with people's participation in waste segregation.
Conclusion: The level of awareness, attitude and performance of Yazd citizens regarding the waste segregation at the source is medium, and the ecological factors are effective in this regard. More education is recommended to attract the participation of citizens and entrust important and sensitive parts of waste management to private companies and institutions.
Keywords: Source Waste Segregation, Awareness, Performance, Attitude, Citizen Participation, Ecological Factors.
References
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2-Salehi, S and Hemmati Goyimi, Z, Awareness and Attitude Towards Electronic and Electrical Waste in Iranian Higher Education Centers, Second Conference on Environmental Planning and Management.2012. https://civilica.com/doc/147881.
3-Bagheri Ardabilian M, Nabi A, Eslami A.A survey of knowledge and attitude of students of Zanjan University of Medical Sciences in the field of separation and recycling of solid waste in 2006-2007, 10th National Conference on Environmental Health, Hamedan,2007. https: / /civilica.com/doc/74955.
4-Nawazi A, Nawazi S.Municipal Solid Waste Management with Emphasis on Reducing Waste Production at Source, Sixth National Conference and Specialized Exhibition of Environmental Engineering, Tehran, 2012,https://civilica.com/doc/169822.
5-Ghanbari Q AS, Kamri M, Soroush-Zadeh M. Strategic Factors of Household Solid Waste Segregation at Source Program, Awareness and Participation of Citizens of the 3 Municipality District of Tehran. Community Health. 2015;2(3): 56-149.
6-Ismaili E, Mahmoudi B, Afshari F, et al. Awareness, Education and Public Participation in Plastic Waste Management: A Case Study in Ivan County, The First Conference on Biological Challenges Environment with emphasis on plastic waste, Tehran,1219, https://civilica.com/doc/977802.
7-Fahiminia M, Farzadkia M, Nazari S, A et al . Evaluation of the Status of Citizen Participation in Municipal Waste Source Separation Plan and Offering Corrective Strategies. Qom Univ Med Sci J. 2013; 7 (5) :66-72.
8-Hazeri M, Saraei M.Explanation and evaluation of effective indicators on improving the efficiency of the waste management system, case study: Yazd city. Sustainable City.2018; 2(2):19-33. https://www.sid.ir/fa/journal/ViewPaper.aspx?id=529928.
9-Salehi S, Pazukinejad Z, Hemtiz Z. 2017, investigation of women's attitude towards household waste recycling in Mazandaran, the second international conference on new technologies in science, Amol, https://civilica.com/doc/899755.
10- Malkutian M, Yaghmaian K. Investigating the knowledge, attitude and performance of the people of Kerman in the field of solid waste management. Journal of Health Faculty and Institute of Health Research.2015;2(4):27-38.
11-Mehdinejad M, Rajaei G, Aryaie M, Ahmadi M, Saeedinia R. Awareness and Performance of People of the Cities of Gorgan, Gonbad, and Aliabad Katool (Iran) Regarding Management of Municipal Solid Waste Materials. J Mazandaran Univ Med Sci. 2013; 23 (106) :148-53.
12-Maschuk, Mosul, Iran. Investigating the level of public awareness and participation in the field of waste separation from Behbahan city. 2015;11(2):79-269.
13- Moradania M, Mohammadi Afshar S, Amini M, et al. Studying the level of knowledge, attitude and performance of university students in Qazvin city regarding waste recycling. Perception, scientific journal of Qazvin University Student Research Committee, 10th year.2013;10:39.
14- Nderlo Sh. Examining the environmental knowledge and attitude of Zanjan University students. Environmental Science and Technology Quarterly.2017;21(19):545-57.
15-Razovian F, Khosh Manesh B, Izidiar P. People's participation in the project of waste separation from the source, the second international science and engineering conference.2014 https://civilica.com/doc/490633.
16-Chen H, Yang Y, Jiang W, et al. Source separation of municipal solid waste: The effects of different separation methods and citizens’ inclination—case study of Changsha, China.2017;67(2):95-182.
17-Mohammad A. Ripudaman S. “A Survey of Environmental Awareness, Attitude and Participation Amongst University Students: A Case Study.” International Journal of Science and Research.2012;3(5):1755-60.
18-Best H, Mayerl JJSSQ.Values, beliefs, attitudes: An empirical study on the structure of environmental concern and recycling participation.2013;94(3):691-714.
19-Cheah I, Phau IJMI, Planning. Attitudes towards environmentally friendly products: The influence of ecoliteracy, interpersonal influence and value orientation.
20-Salehi S, Imam Qoli L. Investigating the impact of social capital on environmental behaviors (case study: Kurdistan province). Iranian Journal of Sociology. 2022;13(4):90-115. Available from: https://www.sid.ir/fa/journal/ViewPaper.aspx?id=203991.
21-Shahnooshi M, Abdullahi A. "An analysis of the environmental culture of Isfahan people and some factors affecting it", Isfahan University Humanities Research Journal.2016;23(2):15-34.
22-Namdari F, Bakshi S, Taneh Z, Amini Z.Investigation of the level of awareness and attitude of the people of Javanrood city towards solid waste recycling, Zagros National Conference on Environmental Hazards, Khorram Abad.2013. https://civilica.com/doc/253527.
23-Rafiei H, Shahnoushi N, Rahnama M. Survey and ranking of urban areas in terms of citizens' participation in waste separation by using multi-criteria planning: a case study of Mashhad city. Geographical research.2013;28(2):195-213.Available from: https://www.sid.ir/fa/journal/ViewPaper.aspx?id=234410.
24-Ghahrani F, Mohebi M, Najafi H. Investigation of the level of awareness and cooperation of people in recycling plastic from household waste in Shiraz in.12th National Conference on Environmental Health of Iran, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Health, November.2005.
25-Abdoli M, Karbasi A, Ghaznavi Kashani M. Waste recycling - a case study of Tehran city, 12th National Environmental Health Conference, Tehran. 2018:https://civilica.com/doc/82330
26-Mesdaghinia A, Yunesian M, Naseri S, Jafari A, Moradi A, Farahdoust F et al . The knowledge of Tehran citizens on environmental pollutions, related health effects and their information sources. yafte. 2007; 9 (1) :3-13.
27-Falahzadeh S.Investigating the impact of citizenship education on increasing citizen participation, on increasing citizen participation in urban management of Region 17, master's thesis in educational sciences, Islamic Azad University, Rodhan branch.
28-Pourazizi F. Investigating the role of public participation in improving waste management, master's thesis in environmental management. Faculty of Environment, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Unit.2018.
29-Darvishi, evaluation of the social effects of waste separation from the source (case study of district one of Tehran municipality). Thesis . Applied Scientific Higher Education Center of Tehran Municipality Cultural and Artistic Organization.2010.
30-Olukanni D, Adeleke J, Aremu D. A Review of Local Factors Affecting Solid Waste Collection in Nigeria. Pollution.2016; 2(3): 339-56. doi: 10.7508/pj.2016.03.008.
31-Strydom WFJR. Barriers to household waste recycling: Empirical evidence from South Africa. 2018;3(3):41.
32-Matsumoto SJJoF, Issues E. The opportunity cost of pro-environmental activities: Spending time to promote the environment.2014;35(1):30-119.
Ehsan Aboei( Ph.D.)1,Mohammad Hasan Ehrampoosh(Ph.D.)2, Zohreh Rahaei (Ph.D.)3
Farzan Madadizadeh (Ph.D.)4,Abolghasem Mirhosseini( Ph.D.)5,Akramsadat Hosseini(M.Sc.)6
1.Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Technology Research Center, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
2.Professor, Environmental Science and Technology Research Center, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
3.Assistant Professor, Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of public Health, Shahid
Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences,Yazd,Iran.
4.Assistant Professor, Departments of biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of public health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
5.Professor, Department of Environment, Faculty of Environment, Yazd Azad University, Yazd, Iran
6.Corresponding Author:M.Sc. Student of Human Ecology, School of public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. Email: Akrams.hosseini@yahoo.com Tel:03538209137
Abstract
Introduction: Generation of waste, on the one hand, and recycling it, on the other hand, are the most important challenges of waste management. Regarding this approach, waste segregation of the source by households is the most suitable and affordable component in the waste management. This study was conducted in Yazd city with the aim of determining the household's awareness, attitude, and performance of households toward waste segregation and related ecological factors.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study carried out in 2019 on 386 households in Yazd city. They were selected by simple random sampling. Data were collected thorough a researcher-made questionnaire. Non-parametric, Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests were also used to investigate the relationship between ecological factors and awareness, attitude and performance. All analyses were done in spss-24 software considering a significance level of 5%
Results: 53.6% of the households segregated their recyclable waste. Among the ecological factors included in this research, factors such as family member's cooperation, sufficient space allocated for waste storage, paying attention to environment's protection, informing on the exact collection time for garbage, regular garbage collection by municipality, waiting time regarding garbage collection, and execution time of garbage collection, and providing regular education by municipal authorities had a significant relationship with people's participation in waste segregation.
Conclusion: The level of awareness, attitude and performance of Yazd citizens regarding the waste segregation at the source is medium, and the ecological factors are effective in this regard. More education is recommended to attract the participation of citizens and entrust important and sensitive parts of waste management to private companies and institutions.
Keywords: Source Waste Segregation, Awareness, Performance, Attitude, Citizen Participation, Ecological Factors.
References
1-Abduli MA. Municipal solidwaste management system and its control method, recovery of TehranMunicipalityn Press.2009; (3):321.
2-Salehi, S and Hemmati Goyimi, Z, Awareness and Attitude Towards Electronic and Electrical Waste in Iranian Higher Education Centers, Second Conference on Environmental Planning and Management.2012. https://civilica.com/doc/147881.
3-Bagheri Ardabilian M, Nabi A, Eslami A.A survey of knowledge and attitude of students of Zanjan University of Medical Sciences in the field of separation and recycling of solid waste in 2006-2007, 10th National Conference on Environmental Health, Hamedan,2007. https: / /civilica.com/doc/74955.
4-Nawazi A, Nawazi S.Municipal Solid Waste Management with Emphasis on Reducing Waste Production at Source, Sixth National Conference and Specialized Exhibition of Environmental Engineering, Tehran, 2012,https://civilica.com/doc/169822.
5-Ghanbari Q AS, Kamri M, Soroush-Zadeh M. Strategic Factors of Household Solid Waste Segregation at Source Program, Awareness and Participation of Citizens of the 3 Municipality District of Tehran. Community Health. 2015;2(3): 56-149.
6-Ismaili E, Mahmoudi B, Afshari F, et al. Awareness, Education and Public Participation in Plastic Waste Management: A Case Study in Ivan County, The First Conference on Biological Challenges Environment with emphasis on plastic waste, Tehran,1219, https://civilica.com/doc/977802.
7-Fahiminia M, Farzadkia M, Nazari S, A et al . Evaluation of the Status of Citizen Participation in Municipal Waste Source Separation Plan and Offering Corrective Strategies. Qom Univ Med Sci J. 2013; 7 (5) :66-72.
8-Hazeri M, Saraei M.Explanation and evaluation of effective indicators on improving the efficiency of the waste management system, case study: Yazd city. Sustainable City.2018; 2(2):19-33. https://www.sid.ir/fa/journal/ViewPaper.aspx?id=529928.
9-Salehi S, Pazukinejad Z, Hemtiz Z. 2017, investigation of women's attitude towards household waste recycling in Mazandaran, the second international conference on new technologies in science, Amol, https://civilica.com/doc/899755.
10- Malkutian M, Yaghmaian K. Investigating the knowledge, attitude and performance of the people of Kerman in the field of solid waste management. Journal of Health Faculty and Institute of Health Research.2015;2(4):27-38.
11-Mehdinejad M, Rajaei G, Aryaie M, Ahmadi M, Saeedinia R. Awareness and Performance of People of the Cities of Gorgan, Gonbad, and Aliabad Katool (Iran) Regarding Management of Municipal Solid Waste Materials. J Mazandaran Univ Med Sci. 2013; 23 (106) :148-53.
12-Maschuk, Mosul, Iran. Investigating the level of public awareness and participation in the field of waste separation from Behbahan city. 2015;11(2):79-269.
13- Moradania M, Mohammadi Afshar S, Amini M, et al. Studying the level of knowledge, attitude and performance of university students in Qazvin city regarding waste recycling. Perception, scientific journal of Qazvin University Student Research Committee, 10th year.2013;10:39.
14- Nderlo Sh. Examining the environmental knowledge and attitude of Zanjan University students. Environmental Science and Technology Quarterly.2017;21(19):545-57.
15-Razovian F, Khosh Manesh B, Izidiar P. People's participation in the project of waste separation from the source, the second international science and engineering conference.2014 https://civilica.com/doc/490633.
16-Chen H, Yang Y, Jiang W, et al. Source separation of municipal solid waste: The effects of different separation methods and citizens’ inclination—case study of Changsha, China.2017;67(2):95-182.
17-Mohammad A. Ripudaman S. “A Survey of Environmental Awareness, Attitude and Participation Amongst University Students: A Case Study.” International Journal of Science and Research.2012;3(5):1755-60.
18-Best H, Mayerl JJSSQ.Values, beliefs, attitudes: An empirical study on the structure of environmental concern and recycling participation.2013;94(3):691-714.
19-Cheah I, Phau IJMI, Planning. Attitudes towards environmentally friendly products: The influence of ecoliteracy, interpersonal influence and value orientation.
20-Salehi S, Imam Qoli L. Investigating the impact of social capital on environmental behaviors (case study: Kurdistan province). Iranian Journal of Sociology. 2022;13(4):90-115. Available from: https://www.sid.ir/fa/journal/ViewPaper.aspx?id=203991.
21-Shahnooshi M, Abdullahi A. "An analysis of the environmental culture of Isfahan people and some factors affecting it", Isfahan University Humanities Research Journal.2016;23(2):15-34.
22-Namdari F, Bakshi S, Taneh Z, Amini Z.Investigation of the level of awareness and attitude of the people of Javanrood city towards solid waste recycling, Zagros National Conference on Environmental Hazards, Khorram Abad.2013. https://civilica.com/doc/253527.
23-Rafiei H, Shahnoushi N, Rahnama M. Survey and ranking of urban areas in terms of citizens' participation in waste separation by using multi-criteria planning: a case study of Mashhad city. Geographical research.2013;28(2):195-213.Available from: https://www.sid.ir/fa/journal/ViewPaper.aspx?id=234410.
24-Ghahrani F, Mohebi M, Najafi H. Investigation of the level of awareness and cooperation of people in recycling plastic from household waste in Shiraz in.12th National Conference on Environmental Health of Iran, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Health, November.2005.
25-Abdoli M, Karbasi A, Ghaznavi Kashani M. Waste recycling - a case study of Tehran city, 12th National Environmental Health Conference, Tehran. 2018:https://civilica.com/doc/82330
26-Mesdaghinia A, Yunesian M, Naseri S, Jafari A, Moradi A, Farahdoust F et al . The knowledge of Tehran citizens on environmental pollutions, related health effects and their information sources. yafte. 2007; 9 (1) :3-13.
27-Falahzadeh S.Investigating the impact of citizenship education on increasing citizen participation, on increasing citizen participation in urban management of Region 17, master's thesis in educational sciences, Islamic Azad University, Rodhan branch.
28-Pourazizi F. Investigating the role of public participation in improving waste management, master's thesis in environmental management. Faculty of Environment, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Unit.2018.
29-Darvishi, evaluation of the social effects of waste separation from the source (case study of district one of Tehran municipality). Thesis . Applied Scientific Higher Education Center of Tehran Municipality Cultural and Artistic Organization.2010.
30-Olukanni D, Adeleke J, Aremu D. A Review of Local Factors Affecting Solid Waste Collection in Nigeria. Pollution.2016; 2(3): 339-56. doi: 10.7508/pj.2016.03.008.
31-Strydom WFJR. Barriers to household waste recycling: Empirical evidence from South Africa. 2018;3(3):41.
32-Matsumoto SJJoF, Issues E. The opportunity cost of pro-environmental activities: Spending time to promote the environment.2014;35(1):30-119.
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