Waste Management in the Muang-Pan Community Pan District, Chiang Rai Province

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to study the waste problem and the need of waste management. The people in the area were involved in managing the waste and in giving out ideas to manage the waste. The result of the study found that the community of Muang-Pan need the waste management from the first phase.  Most of the things that they had done were campaigning, giving in formation, and setting up the place of classifying waste of the village. The total waste during this phase was 14,976 kilogram per week. In the second phase, there were more things that the village had done. The organic waste had been used as compost or to feed earth worms. Recycle waste program had been established which leads to waste reduction of 12,103 kilograms per week or 19%. Due to the cooperation of the villagers under the recycle waste program, especially Pa-Kwaw-Thong-Kwaw village moo 25, the total waste in this village was reduced from 1,039 kilograms to 297 kilograms per week. Even the total waste had been reduced, the waste management still needs a system that closely watches every step of controlling the waste.