Study on householder’s awareness and willingness to participate in waste reduction programme in middle cost apartment in Kajang Selangor

Solid waste has been a major global problem in recent years and needs to be resolved so that the safety of the earth and the environment can be maintained for future generations. Among the effects of this management failure, waste dumped will cause the eco-system to be disrupted and obstructed, thus resulting in health problems due to the presence of rodents and other pests. Due to these problems the awareness among people are needed to reducing the household solid waste generating. Apart from that, the socioeconomic characteristics also has been influencing the community by participating in sorting, recycling and composting activities. The purpose of this research is to study the level of awareness among householder on the solid waste management towards their willingness to participate in waste reduction programme (sorting, recycling, and composting) in middle cost apartment in Pangsapuri Kenanga, Kajang. This study will be determining the association of socio-demographic and influences factor of the willingness to participate in waste reduction programme. The survey method using questionnaire was conducted in middle cost apartment in Pangsapuri Kenanga, Bandar Teknologi Kajang. A total of 144 respondents were selected from among householder and sampling was done randomly. The results show that community’s knowledge on wase reduction program is relatively high. However, the socio-economic characteristics in Pangsapuri Kenanga, Bandar Teknologi had less influence than supporting factors which more contribute in motivate the residents to participate in waste reduction programme. The success of a recycling programme and solid waste management is difficult to achieve, eventhough the knowledge and practices of sustainable wastemanagement among the community are very high. Therefore, recycling practices need to be strengthened and involving all parties in an integrated approach.