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Studying Waste Separation Behaviors and Environmental Impacts toward Sustainable Solid Waste Management: A Case Study of Bang Chalong Housing, Samut Prakan, Thailand

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  • Pavinee Pongpunpurt

    (Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand)

  • Pakornkeat Muensitthiroj

    (Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand)

  • Pat Pinitjitsamut

    (Global Engineering for Development, Environment and Society, Department of Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering, School of Environment and Society, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan)

  • Pavisorn Chuenchum

    (Department of Water Resources Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand)

  • Pisut Painmanakul

    (Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
    Research Unit on Technology for Oil Spill and Contamination Management, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
    Research Program on Development of Technology and Management Guideline for Green Community, Center of Excellence on Hazardous Substance Management (HSM), Bangkok 10330, Thailand)

  • Nattawin Chawaloesphonsiya

    (Research Unit on Technology for Oil Spill and Contamination Management, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
    Research Program on Development of Technology and Management Guideline for Green Community, Center of Excellence on Hazardous Substance Management (HSM), Bangkok 10330, Thailand
    Industrial Liaison Program (ILP), Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand)

  • Thaksina Poyai

    (Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand)

Abstract

This study aims to develop more inclusive and sustainable waste management practices to be implemented in Bang Chalong Housing, a model community with unsatisfactory waste separation and recycling rate. The extended theory of planned behavior was employed to investigate the effect of attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control, knowledge, and situational factors on household waste separation intention and behavior, using structural equation modeling as a tool. Based on the questionnaire responses of 321 residents, the house owner’s status exhibited a considerable impact on waste-sorting behavior. Knowledge ( β = 0.653; p < 0.001) and subjective norm ( β = 0.160; p < 0.05) were two significant predictors of the respondents’ intention, which showed a strong influence on household waste separation behavior ( β = 0.804; p < 0.001). Various waste management scenarios were also evaluated through material flow analysis and life cycle assessment. Installing a waste-sorting plant in addition to the current approach (recycling and landfilling) could annually reduce 26.4 tons of solid waste from being landfilled and mitigate GHG emissions by up to 47.4 tons CO 2 equivalent. Finally, the implications of these results on designing interventions and amending waste management schemes were discussed.

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  • Pavinee Pongpunpurt & Pakornkeat Muensitthiroj & Pat Pinitjitsamut & Pavisorn Chuenchum & Pisut Painmanakul & Nattawin Chawaloesphonsiya & Thaksina Poyai, 2022. "Studying Waste Separation Behaviors and Environmental Impacts toward Sustainable Solid Waste Management: A Case Study of Bang Chalong Housing, Samut Prakan, Thailand," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(9), pages 1-22, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:9:p:5040-:d:799789
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