Table 13.

Household opinion on the existing practice of waste separation.

Variable Name	Types	Frequency
		Ward 1	Ward 2	Ward 5	Ward 9	Ward 11	Ward 16	Ward 17	Ward 21	Ward 24	Total	%	Cumulative
Waste storage system	Bin	51	55	54	64	62	71	64	54	57	532	78.81	78.81
	Polybags	18	16	15	9	10	4	8	13	17	110	16.30	95.11
	Open space	6	4	6	2	3	0	3	8	1	33	4.89	100.00
Waste storage in the bin	Mixed waste	72	74	71	75	71	75	70	69	73	650	96.30	96.30
	Separated waste	3	1	4	0	4	0	5	6	2	25	3.70	100.00
Separate recyclable waste	Yes	3	1	4	0	4	0	5	6	2	25	3.70	3.70
	No	25	21	27	21	18	22	21	17	20	192	28.44	32.15
	Some times	47	53	44	49	53	53	49	52	53	453	67.11	100.00
Use of separated waste	Reuse	3	1	4	0	4	0	5	6	2	25	3.70	3.70
	Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.70
	Both reuse and sell	47	53	44	49	53	53	49	52	53	453	67.11	71.56
	Nothing	25	21	27	21	18	22	21	17	20	192	28.44	100.00
Collector of separated waste	Feriwala	47	53	44	49	53	53	49	52	53	453	67.11	67.85
	recycle shop	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	67.85
	Yourself	3	1	4	0	4	0	5	6	2	25	3.70	71.56
	Don't separate	25	21	27	21	18	22	21	17	20	192	28.44	100.00
How often sell	Monthly	0	2	1	4	2	5	3	2	0	19	2.81	2.81
	Bi-Monthly	7	9	9	12	7	11	8	9	2	74	10.96	13.78
	3 month	16	17	13	15	17	20	21	22	4	145	21.48	35.26
	3–6 month	24	25	21	23	27	17	17	19	47	220	32.59	67.85
	Don't separate and sell	28	22	31	21	22	22	26	23	22	217	32.15	100.00
Earn/save by selling separated materials per month (BDT)	0–50	24	25	21	23	27	17	17	19	47	220	32.59	32.59
	50–100	16	17	13	15	17	20	21	22	4	145	21.48	54.07
	100–150	7	9	9	12	7	11	8	9	2	74	10.96	65.04
	150–200	0	2	1	4	2	5	3	2	0	19	2.81	67.85
	Don't earn	28	22	31	21	22	22	26	23	22	217	32.15	100.00
Reason for not separating waste at source	Lack of awareness	25	21	24	16	15	15	17	22	25	180	26.67	26.67
	Lack of sensitivity	18	15	11	18	19	16	21	11	18	147	21.78	48.44
	Difficulty and time taking	16	17	21	16	15	22	12	17	17	153	22.67	71.11
	Mixed Waste collection system	13	21	15	25	22	22	20	19	13	170	25.19	96.30
	Separate waste	3	1	4	0	4	0	5	6	2	25	3.70	100.00