Effect of Communication Media on Solid Waste Disposal Habit of People of National Capital Region in India
Ajay Sharma
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Abstract
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.
Keywords: communication media; solid waste disposal; NCR
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