Table 5.
The attitude and awareness of respondents in Kebridehar city.
| Interrogative Statements | Yes |
No |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency | % | Frequency | % | |
| Would you think solid waste is causing serious environmental impact? | 115 | 71.9 | 45 | 28.1 |
| Do you think is there enough information available about environmental impacts of SW in your city? | 38 | 23.8 | 122 | 76.2 |
| Could have minimized local environmental issues in Kebridehar city, if SW is properly managed? | 127 | 79.6 | 33 | 20.6 |
| Is there proper management of solid wastes in your city? | 30 | 18.3 | 130 | 81.7 |
| Do you think as management of solid waste is important? | 160 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| Have you taken training on proper SWM by the council? | 13 | 8.1 | 147 | 91.9 |
| Are there any public bins near your house? | 0 | 0 | 160 | 100 |
| Is there door to door SW collection activities by municipals? | 97 | 60.6 | 63 | 39.4 |
| Do you pay for the solid waste collectors? | 88 | 55 | 72 | 45 |
| Do you know either there is solid waste management centre or not in the city? | 152 | 95 | 8 | 5 |
| Are Solid waste management centres using the collected wastes for different purposes? | 25 | 15.6 | 135 | 84.4 |