Community Network Development Guidelines for Participatory Local Waste Management : A Case Study of Yod Subdistrict, Song Kwae District, Nan Province.

Abstract

     This research aimed 1) to study personal information, cognition, and opinions on promoting public participation in community waste management in Yod Sub-district, Song Kwae District, Nan Province, and 2) to identify guidelines for developing community networks for community waste management in the foresaid area. In this research, interviews were used as a research tool to collect data. The sample size was 30, which was selected using purposive random sampling based on the importance of the issues studied and work related to waste management in the community. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics to determine frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation.
     The findings indicated that the majority of the sample was female (56.67 %) and the remaining was male (43.33 %). Most of them were aged between 41 and 50 years (53.33 %), graduated with an upper secondary school or vocational certificate (50 %), and had prior work experience in community waste management for 4-6 years (36.67%). The sample had correct cognition of community waste management (93.33%). The sample's opinion on participation in community waste management was at a high level (= 4.16, SD.= 0.580). When individual aspects were considered, an aspect with the highest mean was Understanding the importance of participation in waste management in the community (= 4.43, SD.= 0.479), and an aspect with the lowest mean was Participating in building good relationships in community networks regarding waste management (= 4.00, SD.= 0.788).