Role of women's participation in household’s solid waste management in Kathmandu metropolitan city ward no. 32, Nepal
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Department of Rural Development
Abstract
Solid waste management (SWM) has become a major concern for municipalities and
the country, the current state of SWM is unknown due to a lack of SWM baseline
data, which is required for successful planning. In Nepal, SWM is a prominent
problem of administration. The study on the role of women in household solid waste
management tries to analyze women's participation in household solid waste
management.
This study applied a quantitative research approach and survey method. Required data
were collected from 273 respondents women selected randomly. In doing so, a
household survey technique with the tools Cornbrach's Alpha (value 0.97) has been
used. The validity for Practices of solid waste management scale and level of
awareness is 0.701 which means no issue of content validity. This study used SPSS
version 20 for organizing, summarizing, describing, and generalizing the data.
This research found that the role of women has a significant impact on solid waste
management. The research studied the practice of solid waste management, awareness
of solid waste management, and the role of women in solid waste management. 272
(99.6%) knew solid waste management and 196(71.8%) did not have training of the
SWM. Households 256(93.6%) produce usually produced kitchen waste and plastics
are produced often by 160 households paper and cartoons were produced usually and
often and tins, cans fiber bags, and glass are produced rarely. Most of the respondents
228(83.5%) stated that they segregated the waste into sources. The reason for no
separation of SWM was municipal does not take waste separately and most of the
respondents 154 (56.4%) use the recycled SW and used it for their reuse. 162 (59.3%)
of the respondents compost organic waste and about 98(35.9%) of the respondents
compost in an old bucket. About 162 (59.3%) respondents were engaged in rooftop
gardening and Among 162 respondents 64 respondents were engaged in terrace
gardening, 81 respondents were engaged in sack and bucket gardening and 17
respondents are involved in small kitchen gardening.
The findings of the study are women are major clients of solid waste management
services. The women are aware of the impact of poor SWM but the government does
not have a proper policy for proper disposal. Households are no access to training or
awareness programs of SWM. Household women involved in roof toping gardening
are more likely to manage SWM properly. Women play a significant role in
household SWM and strongly agree SWM is their responsibility.