A study on residents’ attitude towards household waste management with special reference to Coimbatore city

Waste management is the “generation, prevention, characterization, monitoring, treatment, handling, reuse and residual disposition of solid wastes”. There are various types of solid waste including municipal (residential, institutional, commercial), agricultural, and special (health care, household hazardous wastes, sewage sludge). This paper is an attempt to know the residents attitude towards household waste management and to identify the awareness about the effects of improper household waste management and government measures towards waste management. This study is based on primary as well as on secondary data. The study based on convenience sampling method. The study was carried out of 150 respondents. The data which were collected from the respondents were analyzed by Percentage analysis, ANOVA, Correlation and Chi-square. The conclusion is that there is a great need in understanding the importance of waste management because unless it is acknowledged by all people, waste management efforts will not progress to further heights.