Abstract

The purposes of this study were 1) to examine the people’s motivation      in solid waste management of Rimping sub-district municipality, Muang district, Lamphun province, 2) to compare the people’s motivation in solid waste management of Rimping sub-district municipality, Muang district, Lamphun province by personal factors, 3) to explore the problems, obstacles and suggestions in solid waste management of Rimping sub-district municipality, Muang district, Lamphun province, and 4) to apply the principle of Ghāravāsadhamma in solid waste management of Rimping sub-district municipality, Muang district, Lamphun province. The research used mixed method research. The population and sample were 6,930 people selected from the peoples of Rimping sub-district municipality, Muang district, Lamphun province by using the formula of Taro Yamane with random sampling.   The data was collected by using the questionnaire and the data analysis performed by a computer program for social science research and following by the statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation: SD and differentiates the dual average with Least Significant Difference: LSD). In the part of open-ended questions showed the problems, obstacles and suggestions, the researcher arranged the group according to the issues of open- end. Then, there was to analyze by frequency and data from interviews, the researcher will gather data on the essence of the interview, then content analysis technique.

The findings of this research as follows:

1) The opinion level in solid waste management of Rimping sub-district municipality, Muang district, Lamphun province was overall at the high level           ( = 3.69). When considering in each aspect, it was found that all aspects of the opinion level in solid waste management of Rimping sub-district municipality was at the high level. The security was at the high level. ( = 3.77). The responsibility was at the lowest level ( = 3.60).

2) The comparison of the opinion level in solid waste management of Rimping sub-district municipality, Muang district, Lamphun province with testing     the hypothesis by different analysis according to personal factors, including gender, age, education, occupation and income per month it found that age, education, occupation and income were different then accepted the hypothesis. In the part of gender was not different opinion. 

3) The problems, obstacles and suggestions about solid waste management of Rimping sub-district municipality, Muang district, Lamphun province included the problems were caused by increasing the number of population in the municipality and lacking of awareness and inattention, including the litter place of municipality there was confined, improper place and limited budget. The municipality should arrange activities and there was the role of solving problem included the providing budget and the new place for litter.

4) The Ghāravāsadhamma principle of the motivation in separating lid waste for adding storage this was provocation in lid waste storage to help the characteristic development; the honesty, the responsibility and self–restraint of each one to conserve the environment, Including to cooperate an indirect way.

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