การจัดการวงจรขยะชุมชนแบบครอบคลุมโดยใช้แนวคิด การพึ่งพากันของระบบนิเวศเมือง และเศรษฐกิจหมุนเวียนเพื่อนำไปสู่การจัดการขยะที่ยั่งยืนผ่านมิติ ด้านการบริหารจัดการเมือง Community Solid Waste Management based on Symbiosis and Circular Economy Concept towards Sustainable Waste Management through Urban Management Dimension

Abstract

This research article is excerpted from the research study of “A Study of Community Waste Flow Management through Urban Symbiosis Concept for Sustainable Waste Management : The Case Study of Maha Sarakham Municipality” sponsored by Thailand Science Research and Innovation in  2019. This paper focused on urban management dimension.

Methods: Both quantitative and qualitative are employed through an area-based approach. This research divided the relevant sectors of community solid waste management at the local level into 3 sectors included the formal sectors, semi-formal sector, and informal sector by investigating from the original process, management process, and waste disposal process at the sanitary landfill.

Results: The research suggested that waste sorting at the household level is a major key by divided into wet waste and dry waste for quick and easy management at the household level. This method suites for the local community of the Thai context. Due to the fact that the informal sectors such as junk collectors and junk traders business are the most effective in waste sorting. Particularly, this paper addressed that to create integration between the formal sectors by local governments such as Provincial Administrative Organizations (PAO), municipalities, semi-formal sectors such as the Pracharat Rak Samakkee Company and the informal sector at the community level are the main point of symbiosis concept.

Keywords: Community Solid Waste, Circular Economy, Symbiosis, Urban Management