Developing Participatory Waste Management Strategies to Promote the Circular Economy of Organizations Communities above Bhumibol Dam

Abstract

This research aimed to: 1) study the current state, problems, and related factors of participatory waste management to promote a circular economy 2) develop participatory waste management strategies to promote a circular economy, and 3) evaluate the developed participatory waste management strategies to promote a circular economy. The Informant are community organizations upstream of the Bhumibol Dam with consisting of local administrative organization, Bhumibol Dam, community leaders, community, and expert about strategy development or waste management. Data were collected through questionnaires, focus group discussion, interviews, workshops, connoisseurship, and evaluation forms. Data analysis involved mean, standard deviation and content analysis.

The findings revealed: 1) The current states of waste management consist of storage, collection, processing and recycling, and final disposal. The problems of waste management indicated high-levels that identified it was often mixed during transport, insufficient waste collection vehicles and equipment, budget constraints, and inadequate personnel. The factors which related waste management consist of structure, services, man, money, material, management, social – cultural, technology, economics and political-legal were indicated high-levels. 2) The waste management strategy status was analyzer – proactive (WO Strategies or Weaknesses-Opportunities Strategies) by addressing weaknesses to capitalize on opportunities. and it consist of vision, mission, goal, strategy issues, strategy, indicator and measure. 3) The developed waste management strategies were passed the evaluation criteria which they have consistency, appropriateness, feasibility, and acceptability indicated high-levels and very high-levels.