Review and assess the social determinants of household waste produced per capita loss (Case Study: Tehran Municipality Region 3 and 10)

Subject Areas : environmental management

Yaghowb Peyvastehgar ¹ , Jahanbin Mirzaii ²

1 - Assistent Professor Department of Urban Planning, Department of Urban Planning, Yasug Branch Azad University, Yasug, Iran.*(Corresponding Author)
2 - Urban Planning, Faculty of Architecture & Urban Development, Yasug Branch Islamic Azad University, Yasug, Iran.

Received: 2016-10-21 Accepted : 2016-12-14 Published : 2017-12-22

Keywords: Household per capita waste pro, Reducing the production of was, Solid waste management, urban environment,

Abstract :

Abstract Background and Objective: Increasing production of waste in cities is an issue that municipalities deal with it and a significant amount of municipal funds spent on the collection, transport and disposal of the waste, in addition to the many environmental problems will follow. Method: This paper aims to identify social factors that influence the production of household waste is reduced. For this purpose, the two regions 3 and 10 of Tehran municipality in terms of per capita household waste generation and associated social factors were studied. Because these two regions close together despite the population, in terms of physical and social differences with each other, which can help reduce household waste produced per capita. Then to answer assumptions, based on a survey questionnaire containing open and closed questions was used. Findings: The findings show that many social factors have a direct impact on per capita production of household waste, such as age, gender, marital status, family size, length of stay in Tehran and region, type of home and respect for the separation of waste. Then the two regions based on criteria and indicators of physical, social, environmental and management were evaluated and by region 3, percentage points respectively is 67, 64, 36 and 38 and the region 10 is 47, 46, 33 and 36. Finally, 20 action plan to reduce domestic waste generation per capita was presented with an emphasis on social factors. Discussion and Conclusion: The results of the questionnaire were analyzed by using statistical tests.

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