Article Sidebar

Download
View Full Article XML S.I.S
Statistic
Read Counter : 103 Download : 82

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Metrics

Metrics Loading ...

Main Article Content

Abstract

Sustainable Development Goal Six is about ensuring the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. The sanitation situation in the Sunyani Municipality is getting worse and the role of gender in the worsening sanitation situation has least been explored. The cognitive dissonance theory suggests that we have an inner drive to hold all our attitudes and behavior in harmony and avoid disharmony (or dissonance). Similarly, respondents with a good perception of solid waste management would experience dissonance when they engage in inappropriate solid waste management practices. Hence, respondents’ perception of solid waste management helps to deduce their attitude and behavior towards solid waste disposal practices. The study examined gender perception of waste and waste management in the Municipality. By adopting the pragmatism philosophy, data were collected through a quantitative approach and both case study and survey research designs were adopted for the research. Primary Data for the study were collected using a self-administered questionnaire and semi-structured interviews whereas a purposive sampling technique was used to select the four study areas. A sample of 304 households comprising 76 households from each community using the systematic random sampling method was used for the study. The results revealed that both males and females have satisfactory to good knowledge and perceptions of solid waste and waste management. However, perceptions may differ in terms of gender and other contributing factors such as age, education, income, and culture. As a result, waste generation surpasses the capacity of waste management companies for waste collection and disposal.  Also, most respondents did not sort their solid waste into different categories before disposing of it. The study recommends that the Municipal Assembly implement good waste disposal measures through the development and effective implementation of bylaws that will better improve sanitation in the Municipality.

Keywords

Gender Waste management Perception Waste Solid waste

Article Details

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

How to Cite
Kwasi Henyo, I., Buor, D., & Odame, D. (2023). Gender Perception of Solid Waste Management in the Sunyani Municipality in the Bono Region of Ghana. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies and Innovative Research, 11(5), 1638–1652. https://doi.org/10.53075/Ijmsirq/098456867878
Download Citation
Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS)
BibTeX
Crossref
Scopus
Google Scholar
Europe PMC

References

  1. Adams, J., & Holmberg, S. (2016). Gender and waste management: Considerations for the urban environment. Gender & Development, 24 (2), 209-226.
  2. Ahmed, Y., Taha, M. H., Al-Neel, S., & Gaffar, A. M. (2018). Students’ perception of the learning environment and its relation to their study year and performance in Sudan. International journal of medical education, 9, 145.
  3. Ajzen, I., & Schmidt, P. (2020). Changing Behavior Using the Theory of Planned Behavior. In M. Hagger, L. Cameron, K. Hamilton, N. Hankonen, & T. Lintunen (Eds.), The Handbook of Behavior Change (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology, pp. 17-31). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108677318.002
  4. Beatriz, J.; Angel del Brio, J. and Marcos, M. (2001). Citizens’ attitude to reuse of municipal solid waste: a practical application, Resources, Conservation and Recycling
  5. Buor, D. (2020). Perspectives on Solid Waste Management Practices in Urban Ghana: A Review. Journal of Waste Management and Disposal, 2(3), 1-8.
  6. David O. Olukanni, Favour B. Pius-Imue and Sunday O. Joseph (2020). Public perception of solid waste management practices in Nigeria: Ogun State experience. Recycling, 5, 8; doi:10.3390/recycling5020008 www.mdpi.com/journal/recyc
  7. Dladla, I., Machete, F. & Shale, K. (2016). A review of factors associated with indiscriminate dumping of waste in eleven African countries. Write in full. 8, 475–481
  8. F. K. Gyankumah (2004) “Management of solid waste in Ghana: a case study of Accra metropolitan assembly unpublished B.S.C (planning) special study,” Department of Planning, University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
  9. G. H. G. McDougal and H. Munro (1987) “Scaling and attitude measurement in travel and tourism research,” in Travel, Tourism and Hospitality Research, pp. 87–99, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ, USA
  10. H. Han, L.-T. Hsu, and C. Sheu (2010) “Application of the theory of planned behavior to green hotel choice: testing the effect of environmental-friendly activities,” Tourism Management, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 325–334
  11. I. Ajzen (2002) “Nature and operation of attitude,” Annual Review of Psychology, vol. 52, pp. 27–58
  12. J. Sheu (2017) “Perceptions of individual behavior in green event-from the theory of planned behavior perspective,” American Journal of Industrial and Business Management, vol. 7, no. 8, pp. 973–988, 2017.
  13. Justice Mensah (2021) Fisherfolk’s Perception of and Attitude to Solid Waste Disposal: Implications for Health, Aquatic Resources, and Sustainable Development. Hindawi Journal of Environmental and Public Health Volume 2021, Article ID 8853669, 12 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/8853669
  14. Lutui, V. (2001) Waste Management Practices, Perceptions, and Attitudes in Tonga; School of Geosciences, University of Wollongong: Dubai, UAE
  15. Mak, T. M., Iris, K. M., & Tsang, D. C. (2020). Theory of planned behavior on food waste recycling. In Waste Biorefinery (pp. 221-239). Elsevier.
  16. McDougall F., White P., Franke M and Hindle P. (2001) Integrated Solid Waste Management: A Life Cycle Inventory, Oxford, UK/Malden, MA: Blackwell Sci.
  17. Narayanan, R., van Norden, H., Gosling, L., & Patkar, A. (2012). Equity and inclusion in sanitation and hygiene in South Asia: a regional synthesis. IDS Bulletin, 43(2), 101-111.
  18. Natarajan, H., & Bawakyillenuo, S. (2020). Gender dimensions of waste management: Insights from urban Tamil Nadu. Environment and Urbanization Asia, 11 (1), 124-140.
  19. Axon, C. J., Fenton, O., Healy, M. G., & Williams, E. P. (2018). Gender mainstreaming in waste management policy and practice: a review. Journal of Cleaner Production, 204, 963-976.
  20. Eriksson, M., Strid, I., & Hansson, M. (2017). Gendered involvement in waste management: A cross-national perspective. Gender, Place & Culture, 24 (11), 1641-1657.
  21. Grandese, M.F. & Souza, M.C. (2019). Women's participation in waste management planning: Case study analysis in Brazil. Revista Internacional De Gestão & Inovação, 6 (1), 4-20.
  22. Naushad, M., Juanico, M., Reberioux, A., Arashiro, M., Tanikawa, H., Serrano, M. & Hosomi, M. (2016). Gender-Inclusive Recycling Behavior in Asian Cities: The case of bandung, Indonesia and Kawaguchi, Japan. Environment and Urbanization Asia, 7 (2), 204-229.
  23. O.Adekola, F. O. Iyalomhe, A. Paczoski, S.T.Abebe, B. Pawłowska, M. Bąk & G.T. Cirella (2021)Public perception and awareness of waste management from Benin City Scientific Reports (2021) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79688-y
  24. R. K. Barnhart (2008) 2e World Book Dictionary, World Book Inc, Chicago, IL, USA
  25. S. Ahmed and S. Isaac (2016), “Assessing the effects of indiscriminate disposal of waste: a case study of the Keta lagoon in the Volta region of Ghana,” Journal of Biodiversity & Endangered Species, vol. 4, no. 2, p. 170, 2016.
  26. Sanjith S Anchan (2021) Public Perception and Concern Towards Solid Waste Management: A Case Study of Mangaluru City, India DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-689224/v1
  27. Sessa, A., Di Giuseppe, G., Marinelli, P. & Angelillo, I. F. (2016) Public concerns and behaviours towards solid waste management in Italy. Eur. J. Public Health 26, 1006–1010
  28. T. D. T. Oyedotun, O. F. Kasim, A. Famewo et al., (2020) “Municipal waste management in the era of COVID-19: perceptions, practices, and potentials for research in developing countries,” Research in Globalization, vol. 2, Article ID 10003
  29. Tauš, P., Šimková, Z., Cehlár, M., Krajňáková, I., & Drozda, J. (2023). Fulfillment of EU Goals in the Field of Waste Management through Energy Recovery from Waste. Energies, 16(4), 1913.
  30. United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP, 2019), Developing Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan Training Manual. Assessment of Current Waste Management System in Developing World and Gaps 2erein, UNEP
  31. Vergara Sintana E. and Tchobanoglous George (2012) Municipal Solid Waste and the Environment: A Global Perspective, Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 2012; 37 (1), 277–309.
  32. Yuan, X. et al. (2019) Public perception towards waste-to-energy as a waste management strategy: A case from Shandong, China. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 16, 2997