Evaluation of Waste Management Project in Ban Sa Khlo, Phitsanulok Province

Abstract

The objectives of this quasi-experimental study were 1) to examine knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding waste management of the community, 2) to compare knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding waste management between before and after implementing the project, and 3) to compare waste management of the community before and after implementing the project. Participants included 44 of villagers living in Ban Sa Khlo, Hua Ro subdistrict, Muang district, Phitsanulok province. The questionnaire was used for collecting data before the implementation of the project. Descriptive statistics, the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test, and McNemar Test were used to analyze data. The results showed the overall scores of knowledge and behaviors of waste management after the intervention were in the high level (88.43 %, 92.02 %, and 85.54 %, respectively). The knowledge and behaviors of waste management after the intervention were significantly better than those of before the intervention (p < .05). The waste management of the community after the intervention was significantly better than those of before the intervention (p < .05).