The knowledge, attitudes and practices of residents regarding household waste management in Eerste River, Cape Town: The implications for health and environmental sustainability

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dc.contributor.advisorLondon, Leslie
dc.contributor.authorKassiem, Iman
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-14T18:39:23Z
dc.date.available2025-02-14T18:39:23Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.date.updated2025-02-14T18:10:22Z
dc.description.abstractIn lower income communities within South Africa, improper household waste management remains a significant public health concern. Activities such as illegal dumping and the lack of recycling may result in deleterious health and environmental impacts. Hence, it is important that residents understand their role and responsibilities in improving waste management to promote good health and environmental sustainability. This study therefore aimed to determine the waste management knowledge, attitudes and practices of 152 residents within Eerste River, Cape Town. Using a cross-sectional study design, face-to-face administrated questionnaires were employed to residents in free-standing homes (n=132), apartments (n=9) and backyard shacks (n=9) over a four-week period in September 2023. Results indicated that more than 80% of respondents were aware of the negative health and environmental impacts posed by illegal dumping. Furthermore, 52.7% of participants do not believe that the municipality has effective waste management systems in place. However, 90.8% of participants believe that incentives would encourage individuals to better manage their household waste. Moreover, more than 50% of respondents reportedly dispose of waste through black bags and pick-up truck services, with only 27% separating their waste before disposal. Residents in this study are willing to change their waste management practices, provided that barriers such as inadequate service delivery and insufficient awareness regarding recycling are addressed. In this regard, waste management, health and environmental sustainability within communities such as Eerste River could be improved and preserved.
dc.identifier.apacitationKassiem, I. (2024). <i>The knowledge, attitudes and practices of residents regarding household waste management in Eerste River, Cape Town: The implications for health and environmental sustainability</i>. (). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Public Health and Family Medicine. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/40973en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationKassiem, Iman. <i>"The knowledge, attitudes and practices of residents regarding household waste management in Eerste River, Cape Town: The implications for health and environmental sustainability."</i> ., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, 2024. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/40973en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKassiem, I. 2024. The knowledge, attitudes and practices of residents regarding household waste management in Eerste River, Cape Town: The implications for health and environmental sustainability. . University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Public Health and Family Medicine. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/40973en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Kassiem, Iman AB - In lower income communities within South Africa, improper household waste management remains a significant public health concern. Activities such as illegal dumping and the lack of recycling may result in deleterious health and environmental impacts. Hence, it is important that residents understand their role and responsibilities in improving waste management to promote good health and environmental sustainability. This study therefore aimed to determine the waste management knowledge, attitudes and practices of 152 residents within Eerste River, Cape Town. Using a cross-sectional study design, face-to-face administrated questionnaires were employed to residents in free-standing homes (n=132), apartments (n=9) and backyard shacks (n=9) over a four-week period in September 2023. Results indicated that more than 80% of respondents were aware of the negative health and environmental impacts posed by illegal dumping. Furthermore, 52.7% of participants do not believe that the municipality has effective waste management systems in place. However, 90.8% of participants believe that incentives would encourage individuals to better manage their household waste. Moreover, more than 50% of respondents reportedly dispose of waste through black bags and pick-up truck services, with only 27% separating their waste before disposal. Residents in this study are willing to change their waste management practices, provided that barriers such as inadequate service delivery and insufficient awareness regarding recycling are addressed. In this regard, waste management, health and environmental sustainability within communities such as Eerste River could be improved and preserved. DA - 2024 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - household waste management KW - Eerste River KW - Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2024 T1 - The knowledge, attitudes and practices of residents regarding household waste management in Eerste River, Cape Town: The implications for health and environmental sustainability TI - The knowledge, attitudes and practices of residents regarding household waste management in Eerste River, Cape Town: The implications for health and environmental sustainability UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/40973 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/40973
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationKassiem I. The knowledge, attitudes and practices of residents regarding household waste management in Eerste River, Cape Town: The implications for health and environmental sustainability. []. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, 2024 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/40973en_ZA
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Public Health and Family Medicine
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciences
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subjecthousehold waste management
dc.subjectEerste River
dc.subjectCape Town
dc.titleThe knowledge, attitudes and practices of residents regarding household waste management in Eerste River, Cape Town: The implications for health and environmental sustainability
dc.typeThesis / Dissertation
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationlevelMPH
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