Determination of awareness on proper waste disposal method among people in Jeli, Kelantan

Awareness of the proper waste disposal method is still lacking in most of the community which can be seen by the way people throw their rubbish outside the collection bins. Environmental problems might happened due to the negligible of the community about this irresponsible behaviour. Thus, this research aims to determine the relationship between knowledge level and awareness about proper waste disposal of individuals, and to determine the relationship between people’s attitudes and awareness about proper waste disposal and also to identify the environmental practices concerning waste disposal and awareness that individuals in Jeli communities engage in. This study was conducted by survey method. A total of 380 respondents from Jeli’s community was being chosen by simple random sampling method. Before the questionnaires being distributed to the respondents, the questionnaires were tested by using Cronbach alpha test to know the reliability and the value of the questionnaires is 0.866. The data for the knowledge, practices and attitude were analysed using SPSS version 20. In this study, the result of independent t-test shows that the awareness of proper waste disposal method of women is higher than men. Besides, different level of education and age have effect on awareness. Other than that, the relationship between knowledge, attitude and practices with the awareness of proper waste disposal method is strong. Hence, each party need to give full cooperation in an effort to raise awareness on the proper disposal of waste.