ZERO WASTE MANAGEMENT BY MULTI PARTICIPANTS IN HUAHIN MUNICIPALITY PRACHUABKIRIKHAN PROVINCE

Abstract

This research aimed to explore firstly the roles of multi participant on Zero Waste management secondly the comparison among affecting factors of the successes of zero waste management with the successes considered by demographic factors; the correlation among affecting factors of the successes and lastly the proposal on the model of zero waste management by multi participants of HuaHin Municipality and other local administrative organizations. This was a sequential mixed method consisting of qualitative and quantitative approaches. Key informants for in-depth interview were 27 persons. The sample size of 850 was from Yamane principle stratified and accidental random were used in content analysis and interpretation were analytical means for qualitative analysis. Quantitative analysis based on descriptive statistics, percentages, mean and standard deviation, while inferential statistics were T test, One-way ANOVA, Pearson R and Multiple Regression. The result were as follows; the roles of multi participants toward zero waste management were at a moderate level; there were statistical significant differences among respondent’s attitudes toward successes model of zero waste management; affecting successes factors of zero waste management were positive correlated with successes model of zero waste management, and could forecast the variation of successes at 41.6 percent and; the successes model of zero waste management composed of Municipality’s Policy Formulation and implementation on zero waste management, multi-participation on zero waste management, application of 3Rs concepts for waste management, roles of multi participants on zero waste management.