<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <article key="pdf/9891" mdate="2013-01-22 00:00:00"> <author>Paiboon Jeamponk</author> <title>The Household Behavior on Solid Waste and Wastewater Management in Municipal Area with Cleanliness Policy Determined by Community</title> <pages>55 - 59</pages> <year>2013</year> <volume>7</volume> <number>1</number> <journal>International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences</journal> <ee>https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9891</ee> <url>https://publications.waset.org/vol/73</url> <publisher>World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology</publisher> <abstract>The Bangnanglee Subdistrict Administrative Office, Thailand had initiated a policy to environmental protection with encouraging household waste management in order to promote civil responsibility for domestic hygienic. This research studied the household behaviors on solid waste and wastewater management. A sample population of 306 families answered a questionnaire. The study showed that, on average, domestic activities had produced 1.93 kilograms of waste per household per day. It has been found that 79 of the households made several attempts to reduce their own amount of waste. 80 of the households stationed their own garbage bins. 71 managed their waste by selling recyclable products. As for the rest of the waste, 51 burned them, while 29 disposed their waste in the nearby public trashcans and other 13 have them buried. As for wastewater, 60 of the households disposed it into the sewage, whereas 30 disposed them right from their elevated house.</abstract> <index>Open Science Index 73, 2013</index> </article>