دانلود رایگان مقاله انگلیسی اطلاع رسانی و آگاهی عمومی در مورد جداسازی زباله: مطالعه موردی شهر Niš - اشپرینگر 2017

Abstract

Modern waste management is virtually impossible without public awareness on proper waste handling and the desire to tackle and solve this issue. By adopting the National Waste Management Strategy and the City of Nisˇ Waste Management Strategy (Serbia), the separate disposal of household waste has become a priority. The paper presents the results of a survey conducted among the residents of Nisˇ about how they are informed on waste issues and their willingness to separately collect their household waste. The aim of the research is to obtain data on the dominant source of information about the significance of waste separation and waste disposal, which would help implement the local waste management strategy. The survey included 600 respondents from local urban communities. The results were processed using SPSS software and descriptive and nonparametric analysis. The results revealed that most respondents had accurate information about waste and recycling, regardless of how they received it, that they were prepared to become involved in selective household waste separation, and that their age and education level were relevant factors in obtaining accurate information. The majority of respondents receive their information through television and there is a connection between the respondents’ age and dwelling (house, flat) and how they collect their information. The results show that formal and non-formal education about waste and recycling is essential and that the Public Utility Company ‘‘Mediana’’ and the local TV stations need to be more active in raising public awareness.

Conclusion

The research results helped us conclude that the general and specific hypotheses have been partially proved since the greatest number of respondents had accurate information on waste and recycling and they were willing to separate their household waste, regardless of the way they were informed. However, the results revealed that certain demographic characteristics and age influenced the possession of accurate information on waste, as shown in Tables 1 and 2, indicating the necessity to provide adequate information, especially to the group of the oldest respondents. Likewise, it was observed that the respondents with university education had the most accurate information about recycling and were consequently more willing to separate their waste. Moreover, this points to the necessity of introducing waste issue content in both formal and nonformal education in the national system of primary and secondary education.

The results also showed that the dominant means of obtaining information was television. However, there is a correlation between age and place of residence (house, flat) and the source of information. The results displayed in Fig. 5 seem to be of particular importance due to the fact that they show the form of obtaining information and willingness to separate waste. These data clearly indicate the lack of educational content on the importance of waste management, in particular the need for waste separation at source in schools (if we take into account that 30% of respondents who received information at school said they would not separate waste at home and 15% were undecided). Although some studies have shown that the Internet has a tremendous impact on increasing information and participation (Kenski and Stroud 2006), and bearing in mind the percentage of respondents who are informed on waste issues over the Internet, we believe that in our case, it is necessary to support the cooperation between the competent institutions for waste management, such as PUE ‘‘Mediana’’, and local TV stations.