Authors: – Khushboo Budhrani, Payal Parihar, Janhavi Paradkar
Introduction: – The increasing volume and complexity of waste associated with the modern economy is posing a serious risk to ecosystems and human health. Poor waste management causes air pollution, water, and soil contamination.
Objective: – To understand the underlying phenomenon of this problem.
Literature Review: –
Article 1: “Emerging Contaminants in Waste Management: Current Trends and Future Challenges in Fate, Pollution Control, Processes and Policy”
The article covers a broad selection of topics, including increasing volume and complexity of waste, studying the sources and fate of emerging contaminants, developing viable technologies for pollution control, proposing new and environmentally friendly policy recommendations, and assessing their effects to the surrounding environment.
Article 2: “8 Waste Disposal Problems And 8 Fantastic Solutions”
This article talks about how the waste can be minimized using the 8 solutions such as Compost, Recycling, Contacting the Local Municipality, Using Sustainable Options, Avoiding Toxic Waste, Saying No to Plastic, Reusing, Teaching others about Eco-responsibility.
Data Collection: – 5 questions with the options (Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Neutral, Agree, Strongly Agree) were put on a Google form and were circulated to 100 students of ITM Business School, Kharghar. For every question, the mean, standard deviation, standard error, and t-stat were calculated. This data was primarily collected by us.
Testing of Hypothesis:
Ho: μ=3
H1: µ≠3
Data Analysis: –
|
|
Mean |
Standard Deviation |
Standard Error |
T- Stat |
Result |
|
Question 1 |
4.40 |
1.03 |
0.10 |
13.72 |
H1 |
|
Question 2 |
4.05 |
1.00 |
0.10 |
10.56 |
H1 |
|
Question 3 |
3.54 |
1.01 |
0.10 |
5.41 |
H1 |
|
Question 4 |
3.42 |
1.18 |
0.12 |
3.59 |
H1 |
|
Question 5 |
2.85 |
1.37 |
0.14 |
-1.09 |
Ho |
Conclusion: –
Que 1- I believe Waste Management is important for Environmental Conservation.
Result- For question 1 accept the alternative hypothesis as t-stat = 13.72 which is more than 1.96. Therefore, People believe that Waste Management is important for the Environmental Conservation.
Que 2- I know how to segregate dry and wet waste.
Result- For question 2 accept the alternative hypothesis as t-stat = 10.56 which is more than 1.96. Therefore, people know how to segregate dry and wet waste.
Que 3- I use environmentally friendly alternatives such as stainless steel, bamboo, natural fibre cloth in my daily life.
Result- For question 3 accept the alternative hypothesis as t-stat = 5.41 which is more than 1.96. Therefore, it is evident that people use these environmentally friendly alternatives.
Que 4- Whenever I see litter on the road, I throw it in the nearby dustbin.
Result- For question 4 accept the alternative hypothesis as t-stat = 3.59 which is more than 1.96. Therefore, it shows that people throw the litter in the nearby dustbin.
Que 5- I use the same dustbin for all kinds of waste.
Result- For question 5 accept the null hypothesis as t-stat = -1.09 which is between -1.96 and 1.96. Therefore, it shows that people are neutral regarding the usage of same dustbin for all kinds of waste.
References: –
https://www.almostzerowaste.com/waste-disposal-problems-and-solutions/