FACTORS INFLUENCING THE SUCCESS OF WASTE MANAGEMENT IN COMMUNITY

Preecha  Pongpeng; Pleumjai  Sinarkorn

Preecha Pongpeng Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Thailand
Pleumjai Sinarkorn Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Thailand

Keywords: Community Leadership, Community Participation, Process Innovation, Waste Management

Abstract

Abstract—The purpose of this research was to study the process innovation, community participation and community leadership roles that affect the success of waste management in communities located in Bangkok. The research approach uses quantitative research. The sample group was people who have lived in communities located in Bangkok, comprising 300 people, using a simple random sampling method. The statistics used in the analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and multiple regression analysis. The results revealed that the level of process innovation, community participation, community leadership roles and the success of waste management in the community were at a high level. The analysis of the influence of process innovation, community participation and community leadership roles that affected the success of waste management in communities located in Bangkok was found that all factors can together predict the success of waste management which all variables could account for the variance of waste management success in community at 54.76 percent. The factors that affect the success of waste management the most was community leadership roles, followed by process innovation and community participation, respectively.