European Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Globally, solid waste management is a major environmental issue. Proper segregation and disposal of generated waste is one of the important challenges being faced globally for attaining environmental protection and improved health and well-being. Objectives: 1) To assess the Perceptions and practices of Household waste management among residents of an urban area. 2) To determine the association between socio-demographic characteristics with Perceptions and practices. Material and methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in urban field practice area of Sapthagiri Institute of medical sciences and research Centre, Bangalore. The study was conducted for a duration of 1 month. Data was collected using a predesigned, pre-validated questionnaire. Data was collected house to house. Informed consent was taken from all the study participants. The data collected was entered in MS excel and will be analyzed using SPSS version 21. Descriptive analyses was used to report the frequency and percentage of socio-demographic patterns, method of household waste disposal and perceptions of household towards waste management. Chi-square test was used to determine the association between categorical variables. Results: A total of 100 houses were surveyed. Mean age of the study population was 2.22. About 76.3% of the study population were practicing proper household segregation of waste. About 79.38% had good awareness about improper waste disposal. Conclusion: Our study contributes to developing a knowledge base on waste segregation behavior and to facilitate evidence-based management and policymaking for the community members for effective waste segregation.