Community attitude, perception and willingness towards solid waste management in Bangalore city, Karnataka, India

Community participation has a direct bearing on effective solid waste management. Investigation on community attitude, perception and willingness towards solid waste management was carried out in Bangalore city. Households data was collected randomly based on their socioeconomic status using focus group discussion and structured interviews. On an average 63% of the households are willing to participate for the better management, 97.8% households are preferred daily collection and 82.5% of the households are preferred to segregate the waste into different bins; once the bins are provided by Government /NonGovernment Organizations. The majority of the households about 71% are willing to use the recyclable products which they were using to carry vegetables, grains etc. from whole shops/markets, as they have aware about reduce, recycle and reuse (R3). Greater level of community engagement in reduction of waste at the source through campaigns in a scientific manner is needed.