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Determinants of Household Waste Segregation in Gorkha Municipality, Nepal

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Municipal solid waste management is a huge challenge specially in the developing countries. The first and fundamental step to solve the problem of municipal solid waste management is by waste segregation at source and separate collection of waste, which will help to recover recyclable materials and reduce the amount of waste that needs to be disposed at the dumpsite or landfill site. In Nepal, waste segregation at source is mandated by law but the government is not able to implement it successfully. This paper assesses the willingness of the households to practice waste segregation in future if the government enforces the law and various factors that influences the practice. Data was collected from 401 households which was selected using stratified sampling technique from all the municipal wards, the lowest administrative units in Nepal. The finding shows that about 67% of the respondents are willing to segregate waste in future if the government enforces the law. Logit regression model was employed to identify the factors that influence waste segregation practice. The significant variables found from this study are environmental awareness, waste collection service, willingness to pay, make compost, and segregated waste for a week variables, which are statistically significant at 1% level of significance. Income variable is significant at 5% level of significance and gender variable is significant at 10% level of significance. It is recommended that the concerned stakeholders should educate the households on the importance of waste segregation and consider these traits of households before enforcing the law.

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  • Bijan Maskey, 2018. "Determinants of Household Waste Segregation in Gorkha Municipality, Nepal," Journal of Sustainable Development, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 11(1), pages 1-1, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:jsd123:v:11:y:2018:i:1:p:1
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    2. Asian Development Bank (ADB), 2013. "Solid Waste Management in Nepal: Current Status and Policy Recommendations," ADB Reports RPT135798, Asian Development Bank (ADB), revised 16 Dec 2013.
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