Willingness to pay for improved solid waste management services in selected areas of lahore: a survey

Noor Ul Huda; Marzia Saleem; Aiman Fatima; Mir Hattaf Khan; Sana Akhtar

Author(s)

Noor Ul Huda Department of Environmental Sciences, Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore, Pakistan

Marzia Saleem Department of Environmental Sciences, Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore, Pakistan

Aiman Fatima Department of Environmental Sciences, Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore, Pakistan

Mir Hattaf Khan Department of Environmental Sciences, Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore, Pakistan

Sana Akhtar Department of Environmental Sciences, Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore, Pakistan

Abstract

The municipal waste generation rate is increasing rapidly due to increase in population and urbanization. This has raised the issue of solid waste management worldwide. A study was carried out to determine the existing solid waste management (SWM) facilities and the households' willingness to pay (WTP) for improved waste collection in Kahna Nau and Faisal Town, Lahore. The study also focused on identifying the socioeconomic factors that influence WTP for better SWM services study areas. Primary data was collected through questionnaire survey from 200 randomly selected households and analyzed using descriptive statistics and ANOVA. According to the survey results, majority of the respondents paid between Rs. 100 and Rs. 500 monthly for waste collection while others were willing to pay more than Rs. 500 for improved waste management services in the study areas. The ANOVA results revealed significant relationship only between income level and WTP while education, occupation and household type were statistically insignificant in both areas. The current solid waste management service provided by the authorities in both study areas has low collection efficiency and lacks adequate location of waste containers. Therefore, waste storage and collection facilities need to be upgraded in order to improve the health of people and environment.

Publication Details

Page(s) 496-511

DOI DOI not available

Published Journal: Journal of Natural & Applied Sciences Pakistan, Volume: 2, Issue: 2, Year: 2020

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Keywords

Solid waste management, Willingness to Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), collectors

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