STUDENT’S KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICESOF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN QUAID -IAZAM UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD

Abstract

Solid waste has become a serious problem of whole country, especially the developing countries of the world. There were 70 million tons of waste generated per year. Solid waste was by product generated by both human and animals. The researcher has disused culture lag theory and risk society in this study. The universe of the study was Quaid-I-Azam University Islamabad. The university has accommodated 8000 students at a time. 121 students participated as respondents. The data was collected through questionnaire and data analysis was done by SPSS (Statistical Packages for Social Sciences). The significant finding of this study was that 32.2% respondents consider the university to be their second home. However 51.2% usually use dustbin in the university area. 49.6% respondent believe that waste disposal was the responsibility of students. 47% agreed that waste affects student health in university. 60% respondents believed that waste disposal was the responsibility of administration. 61% respondent agreed that waste management was responsibility of hostel in university. All these findings show that the higher the rate of knowledge, higher will be the practice.