Abstract
Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) generation is growing rapidly as compared to the rate of urbanization. Household waste management is considered a highly challenging task for Bahrain’s policy-makers, urban planners and municipalities due to rising population, burgeoning growth rate of waste generation, limited availability of land and scarce waste disposal sites. Public awareness represents a key enabler in order to succeed any sustainable waste management practice in the country. The survey aimed at gauging public awareness about household waste management in Muharraq Governorate and explored if there are any correlations between educational level, gender, occupation and age and area of living with the level of public awareness as well as its three components: knowledge, attitude and behaviour of the people in Muharraq Governorate. The results indicated the total awareness is significantly different across different age levels and nationality. Moreover, it shows a high public awareness toward household waste management among people in Muharraq Governorate, which indicated that the society is aware and has the basics to build on in terms of sustainable waste management practices and technologies adoption, which may help overcome the possible social barrier represented by low public awareness.
Highlights
The Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) countries rank among the highest waste generating countries per capita in the world, due to the changes in consumption patterns [1] [2]
It shows a high public awareness toward household waste management among people in Muharraq Governorate, which indicated that the society is aware and has the basics to build on in terms of sustainable waste management practices and technologies adoption, which may help overcome the possible social barrier represented by low public awareness
The results indicate that there is a high level of knowledge among people and most of them knew the basics of household waste management
Summary
The Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) countries rank among the highest waste generating countries per capita in the world, due to the changes in consumption patterns [1] [2]. The region’s total amount of waste ranged from 90 million to 150 million metric tonnes annually, with the United Arab of Emirates (UAE) being the highest generator per capita at approximately 2.2 kg [3]. The amount of waste generated is likely to increase rapidly to anywhere between 1.5 and 2 times of the existing volume in 2021. Waste management protocols need to be re-evaluated in order to establish methods that contribute to minimizing greenhouse gas emissions, improving the efficiency of resource management, and designing more eco-friendly management plans in GCC states. Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) can be identified as: “a waste type that predominantly includes household waste (domestic waste), except industrial and agricultural wastes, with sometimes the addition of commercial wastes collected by a municipality within a given area” [4]
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