Study to assess the knowledge and practices of household waste management among housewives in selected urban areas of Pune city with a view to develop an information booklet

Abstract

Waste disposal has become big problem all over India. Leads to various contagious health hazardous diseases. Statement of the problem was “A study to assess the knowledge and practices of household waste management among housewives in selected urban areas of Pune city with a view to develop an information booklet.” Population: Population under study includes 500 housewives at urban of areas Pune city. Research approach was quantitative research approach was exploratory descriptive survey design. The sampling is done by systematic random sampling technique. Conclusion It has been seen that most of the housewives staying in selected urban area of Pune city Pune city are not aware of household waste management .Therefore information booklet has been provided to the housewives, to increase the level of knowledge and practices as well.