WASTE SEGREGATION BEHAVIOUR AT SOURCE: ATTITUDE, PERCEIVED BEHAVIOURAL CONTROL, SUBJECTIVE NORM, AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

Abstract

Municipal solid waste management has emerged as a big challenge not only because of the environmental hygiene and human health concerns but also due to huge quantities of waste generated (Shaw, 2008). Waste dumping and landfilling may also cause many negative harmful environmental impacts and serious environmental degradation (Shaw, 2008). However, it can be said that many of the environmental problems today are actually caused by attitudes rather than by technical problems (Ifegbesan, 2008) because it takes a long time to break the old traditions and alter the current attitudes and practices (Bacinschi, 2010). However, research, education, and public participation are some of the useful tools for long-term improvement and changes in the ethics and attitude of public towards proper waste management (Pappu, Saxena, & Asolekar, 2007).