Vol: 1, Issue: 4 2011

Page: 46-50

Effect of Communication Media on Solid Waste Disposal Habit of People of National Capital Region in India

Ajay Sharma

Received Date: 2011-09-10

Accepted Date: 2011-10-09

Published Date: 2011-11-08

The association between habit of reuse and place of residence of the respondent is statistically significant at 1% level of significance. Further percentage analysis show that between 90%–94% of the respondent residing in slum, pucca slum or refugee camp area shows high tendencies to reuse, whereas percentage of respondents residing in colony(58%) and flats (72%), practicing reusing, is comparatively lower. It can be said here that reusing habit falls with increases in residence status because in a metropolitan like Delhi life become very fast and dependency on use-and-throw products increases with increase in pressure.

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