Budapest International Research and Critics Institute-Journal (BIRCI-Journal): Humanities and Social Sciences
Vol 5, No 1 (2022): Budapest International Research and Critics Institute February

Improving Community Welfare by Improving Waste Functions

Ihsan Azhari (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
18 Jan 2022

Abstract

This paper discusses the handling of household waste with 3R principles and community welfare with the factors that influence it in Pahlawan Village, Tanjung Tiram District, Batu Bara Regency. The cause of the abundance of household waste is due to the lack of public knowledge about proper waste management and can be of economic value. The absence of good waste management causes waste to accumulate so that it hurts the environment, health, and the economy of the community. This study uses the SEM (Structural Equation Modeling) method. This method is used to analyze the relationship between socio-economic factors, culture, and environmental knowledge with household waste management in Pahlawan Village, Tanjung Tiram District, Batu Bara RegencyBased on the results of the study, socio-economic factors have a significant effect on the handling of household waste and community welfare, culture has a significant effect on the handling of household waste but is not significant on the welfare of the community where the P value> 0.05, then environmental knowledge does not significantly affect the handling of household waste. where the P value> 0.05 but significantly affects the welfare of the community.

Copyrights © 2022






Journal Info

Abbrev

birci

Publisher

Subject

Religion Arts Humanities Economics, Econometrics & Finance Social Sciences

Description

Budapest International Research and Critics Institute (BIRCI-Journal) : Humanities and Social Sciences is a peer-reviewed journal published in February, May, August and November by Budapest International Research and Critics University Journal (BIRCU-Journal). BIRCI welcomes research papers in ...