Waste management at the household level in Chang Kian community, Chiang Mai | เธเธฒเธฃเธˆเธฑเธ”เธเธฒเธฃเธ‚เธขเธฐเนƒเธ™เธ„เธฃเธฑเธงเน€เธฃเธทเธญเธ™เธŠเธธเธกเธŠเธ™เธŠเนˆเธฒเธ‡เน€เธ„เธตเนˆเธขเธ™ เธˆเธฑเธ‡เธซเธงเธฑเธ”เน€เธŠเธตเธขเธ‡เนƒเธซเธกเนˆ

Primary survey prior to the implementation of any activities found that three quarters of people in Chang Kian commune No.3 thought that they had some knowledge on the waste management at the household level. However, over three fifths of waste being put in black plastic bags and dumped outside the house compound. Over half of different types of waste are not sorted. When asked about their attitudes, over half of the people indicated that waste posed a environmental problem the which everyone must be responsible for. Moreover, the people felt that the governmental organizations must be the key factor in attacking the problem. After the implementation of projects and activities (Participatory training, planning for waste management, study trip and networking, etc) for waste management, the research showed that the community has changed significantly in terms of behavior and understanding the problems. The community has become more aware of waste related problems, and become more interested in interacting within the communing groups about the issue. Generally speaking, the research indicated that the campaign was successful in helping the community to reduce waste by up to 16 tones per month. This level of reduction meet the desired goal set by the government. As a result of this campaign and implemented of waste management, Chang Kian community has been awarded the best environmental friendly community' out of twelve communities in Chang Puak Municipality. A waste management group with fifty household members has emerged to run the project. Also, waste management has generated an extra income of over 4000-6000 baht per household for the community members. The waste management group now has over 100,000 baht working capital and generates over 10,000 baht monthly income for the group member.