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1Running head: SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT INTERVENTION

Proposal for Intervention in the Kok Si Community

Solid Waste Management Practices and Resources

Emily Brincka, Lily McLaughlin, Emily Parker, Anessa Sax-Bolder

Faculty of Public Health, Khon Kaen University

Fall 2013

2SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT INTERVENTION

Introduction

This paper will consist of one student group’s proposal for a modest sanitation intervention in the

Kok Si community of Khon Kaen province, Northeast Thailand. To begin, data results of preliminary

research will be addressed, analyzed, and discussed in accord with the plan, goals, and budget of the

future intervention. While CIEE students had not previously visited the Kok Si community prior to this

year, multiple community stays have occurred throughout the Fall semester of 2013. Throughout these

visits, data on demographics, health access and status, and perceived community health were collected.

Once decided on as the final project focus, data on sanitation in the Kok Si community was collected

during two separate community visits. A summation of the sanitation data results reveal that the majority

of Kok Si community members possess knowledge surrounding basic waste management - e.g., that it

should be sorted depending upon recyclables and otherwise; that improper disposal methods have the

potential to cause environmental harm; that inadequate systems increase the possibility of disease spread.

However, waste management practices of most Kok Si community households do not reflect this

knowledge. This information has largely guided the design of the intervention plan, which will be

discussed in detail in following sections of this paper. Additionally, a timeline outlining the entirety of

this research project will be presented, and a summary of the intervention’s anticipated outcomes will

conclude this intervention proposal. Ultimately our student group aims to increase efficacy toward

healthier waste management and recycling practices through community engagement in educational and

sustainable measures for proper waste methods.

Results

Data from Kok Si village community members was obtained through both the distribution of

surveys to thirty community members and the administration of a focus group. The survey asked fifteen

questions, three pertaining to demographics and twelve pertaining to knowledge of waste management

practices and waste management within the Kok Si community.

The survey was distributed to a diverse group of community members, 26 of whom were female

and 4 of whom were male. The mean age of survey respondents was 51.6, with a minimum age of survey

respondents as 18 years old and the maximum age of survey respondents as 84 years old. 16 of the 30

respondents (53.3%) had attended elementary school, 5 respondents (16.7%) had earned a Bachelor’s

degree, 3 respondents had a two-year degree, and the remainder of participants had completed high school

(10%). Only one individual surveyed had not attended school (3.3%), and one individual had only

completed primary school (3.3%).

Next, individuals’ knowledge of general solid waste management and the status of waste

management within the community were assessed. 25 individuals (n=30) had heard of solid waste

management. However, only 13 individuals (n=30) had been involved in solid waste management


activities. If individuals replied that they had been involved in solid waste management activities, they

were also asked to specify their level of involvement. However, most individuals could not specifically

recall how they were involved in waste management (i.e. community clean-up days or individual waste

management).

The remaining ten questions on the survey distributed to the Kok Si community asked individuals

whether or not they agreed with a given statement that gauged individual knowledge about waste

management. All participants agreed that waste causes environmental problems within the community

and all but one of the participants (96.7%) agreed that waste can cause breeding animals that would be

unwanted within the community. Additionally, survey questions assessed knowledge about sorting and

recycling waste. 28 of the 30 individuals (93.3%) surveyed agreed that waste should be sorted and

separated, and that some types of waste can be recycled, including for use as a fertilizer (96.7%). The

latter question indicating that almost all respondents believed that certain types of waste could be recycled

conflicts with responses to a later question in which 18 of the 30 (60%) individuals surveyed noted that

leftover waste cannot be re-used. Moreover, individuals agreed that community involvement and

resources are necessary to properly manage solid waste. 96.7% of the 30 respondents (29) indicated that

trash bins are both an effective way to save money and reduce pollution. More importantly, all but one

community member surveyed (n=30) indicated that sorting waste should be a responsibility of everyone

in the household.

Lastly, and most notably, community members were divided in their response to the statement

“the best way to handle waste is with an incinerator.” 17 respondents (n=30) felt that incinerators were

the best method for handling waste, while 13 (43.3%) felt that incinerators were not the best way to

handle waste or that the use of an incinerator should be dependent on the type of waste being burnt.

The only results that were inconclusive from the survey were responses to the final survey

question asking respondents whether they felt that “new goods are better than recycled goods.” 22

(73.3%) of the 30 respondents felt that new goods are better than recycled goods, while 8 (26.7%) of

respondents disagreed with the statement. Due to the multiple ways in which the statement could be

interpreted by community members, we are unable to draw any conclusive results from this question, and

the answers to this question will not be used to further frame our intervention.

In addition to surveying community members, we conducted a focus group with eight individuals

on 25 November 2013 in the Kok Si village. Broad topics discussed during the focus group included

waste disposal, recycling, health concerns from waste management, and concluded with questions to

collect feedback on potential intervention ideas proposed to the focus group.

Waste disposal was the primary focus of questions posed to the focus group. Focus group

participants indicated that many community members take their trash to Khon Kaen University or have a


family member take waste to the university. However, one woman, who does not own a car, indicated that

she puts her trash in an open field and burns household waste materials because no regular trash

collection exists within the community. In addition to agreeing on their methods of individual waste

disposal, focus group participants agreed that there is no one person in charge of trash maintenance.

Unfortunately, the municipality has failed to meet their legal obligation to take care of trash collection

and the municipality has not designated a public space for trash disposal. Doing so is further complicated

by the “Not In My Backyard syndrome” present among villagers, who do not want a trash disposal space

near their homes.

Apart from traditional waste disposal, we asked focus group participants questions to better gauge

their knowledge of recycling and to gauge their interest of recycling as a component of the intervention

project. Focus group members were able to define recycling as “to re-use” and were able to provide

examples of recycling, including refilling plastic water bottles with water, detergent, or gasoline, and re-

using paper that has writing on one side. They indicated that the closest recycling center is located five

kilometers away, and noted that individuals in the community may go to the recycling center to trade for

recycled goods but not many do. Focus group participants expressed a desire to learn more about recycled

goods and how to recycle from the municipality, but noted that they would are unlikely to separate their

trash because it is easier to simply put all trash in one container.

The focus group participants then briefly discussed the health concerns of inadequate waste

management. They indicated that ashes from sugarcane burning can cause them to acquire colds in the

winter and that contamination of the soil can cause rashes or even cancer for individuals who work in

agriculture. Although everyone agreed that burning trash causes environmental problems, they expressed

greater concern for the detrimental impact that trash burning has on the aesthetics of the community,

rather than on the environment itself.

Lastly, focus group participants discussed the upcoming intervention project planned to take

place on December 1st. Individuals indicated that they wanted to learn how trash is managed in the United

States and that they wanted to learn both how to sort trash and how recycling works. They indicated the

importance of having individuals outside the community enter the community and educate community

members because this encourages Kok Si community members to attend and learn how to maintain their

community’s appearance. The older members of the focus group expressed the desire for children to

know how to clean-up and maintain the community’s appearance, and indicated that we should provide

incentives for community youth participation.

The focus group allowed us to hone our intervention and provide information most desired by

community members both in the pamphlets that will be distributed to community members and on the

community posters which will be given to the community displayed throughout the village at common


meeting places. The most important take-away from the focus group was that individuals feel that

outsiders only come into the community to help because they think the community is dirty. The focus

group resulted in re-evaluating our intervention goals and placing significant emphasis on our group’s

purpose: to return to Kok Si and to work with community members to clean up their community and to

provide information on waste management that may be helpful if the municipality provides Kok Si with

bins for trash collection.

Intervention Plan

1-Dec-13

TIME Kok Si Village

8:00-8:30 Depart from KKU, travel to Kok Si

8:30-9:00 Set-up sessions

9:00-9:30 Participants arrive, check-in & name-tag distribution

9:30-9:45 Welcome/Introduction & Agenda for the day's events

9:45-10:00 Division into two groups for sessions (Group #1 and Group #2)10:00-

11:00SESSION ONE: Group #1 Trash Pick-Up, Group #2 Education

Session11:00-

12:00SESSION TWO: Group #1 Education Session, Group #2 Trash Pick-

Up12:00-

12:30 Preparation of Lunch with Mehs

12:30-1:30 LUNCH (Closing & Administration of Post-Test)

After conducting a substantial amount of research in the Kok Si community regarding the

topic of sanitation, and more specifically waste management practices and resources, our group

has formulated the following intervention plan in the hopes of improving efficacy towards waste

separation and management in the village. Our intervention has three main components: a trash

pick-up session, education session, and lunch session. We aim to target forty participants and

will be satisfied in reaching 80% of our goal, or thirty-two people. Our participants will be split

up into two groups because two of the sessions, trash pick-up and education, will be occurring

simultaneously for time management purposes. After an hour in one session, the groups will

switch and take part in the other.

In the trash pick-up session, in order to create incentive, the session will be organized as a

competition with a prize in the end for the winner who is able to pick-up the most trash. By

instituting the session as a game, we hope to engage youth in the community clean-up, since


elder community members expressed the need for youth to be involved in community waste

management. The group will be divided into four or five teams, depending on the number of

participants who come to the intervention. Before the competition starts, the teams will be given

a brief demonstration of proper waste management practices which will be explored more deeply

during the education session. After lunch, our group will transport the trash collected back to

Khon Kaen University so it can be collected by the municipality and removed from the

community.

In the education session, we aim to fill in the gaps of awareness regarding waste

management which we came across during our data collection in the community. The main

topics we will cover include the health hazards linked to improper waste management, the

benefits of recycling, and the importance of proper waste separation during disposal. Posters

concerning these topics will be presented to the villagers and given as a gift to the community

after the session is completed. Activities will also be implemented into the session in order to

maintain the interest and enthusiasm of the villagers. A game highlighting the importance of

separation of waste will be administered.

After the sessions are completed, our group will prepare lunch with the people of the

community and then eat lunch together, building relationships and hoping to lay groundwork and

build a relationship for future CIEE students to visit the Kok Si community. In order to evaluate

our work, a post-test will be administered to gauge the participants’ knowledge after completion

of both sessions in the morning. These scores will be analyzed in comparison with pre-tests

which were administered as surveys during prior data collection.

Goals of the Intervention

Our group created multiple goals for our sanitation intervention in the Kok Si

community. First, our group will strive to improve the efficacy towards waste separation and

management in the community. A main part of the issue regarding waste management in the Kok

Si community is that the community members lack the knowledge and education required to

successfully separate different types of waste. It is our goal that after our intervention, the

community members will have a deeper understanding on how to successfully separate and

manage their waste. Another goal our group aims to accomplish through our intervention is to

lay the groundwork for the upcoming support of the municipality regarding trash bins and trash

collection in January. It is extremely important for the community members to know how to


properly manage their waste, but they also must be given the necessary resources. The

municipality plans to implement a trash pick up program in the Kok Si community starting

January. Therefore our group hopes to prepare the community for when they are provided the

necessary resources. Additionally, our group aspires to successfully engage the community and

raise interest in waste management. Because the municipality is supposed to be providing the

resources necessary to successfully manage waste in the near future, it is our goal to spark

interest in the community and get them excited and passionate about the trash plan that will be

implemented in their community.

Our group also wishes to, to the best of our ability, fill in the gaps of awareness regarding

waste management. We want to show that there are easy ways to correctly dispose of waste

instead of resorting to incineration. While we may not have the time to implement everything we

hope for this semester, we want to lay the groundwork for next semester to set up a compost in

the community. We also hope to educate the community on the health hazards regarding

improper waste management such as incineration, and to teach the community ways to avoid

such health hazards.

Lastly, our group aims to lay the groundwork for next semester’s students in the Kok Si

community. We do not want our project to be a one time project, and are working to make our

project sustainable. We hope that the students next semester will take our foundational research

and groundwork and improve upon our project, continuing to work with the Kok Si community

on proper waste management techniques and practices in the future.

Timeline

Below is a timeline outlining the steps which have been taken leading up to our intervention, in

addition to our groups intended plan of action once the intervention is complete. In this timeline, data

collection days in the community, individual group time for papers and presentations preparation,

presentation times and consultations and feedback from the Faculty of Public Health at Khon Kaen

University and CIEE staff, as well as the date of the intervention are included. Research began as early as

the 14th of September during a CIEE student scouting trip to the community and will end on the 1st of

December with the completion of our intervention regarding proper waste management practices and

resources within the community. In this timeline, the date and name of activity, as well as a brief

description of each activity done by our student group is included.


Date (Year: 2013) Activity Description

14 September – 15 September Scouting Day Through observation and interviews, initial insight into health problems within the community while gauging community needs

29 October – 30 October CPH Community Visit #2

Survey of health problems and perceived health problems in the community

18 November Exchange with Dr. Somsak Phitaksanurat

Overview of his research in Kok Si regarding sanitation and information regarding municipality responsibilities

19 November – 20 November Research Brainstorm/Research Proposal Paper

Exchange of ideas of group members regarding data collection methods and objectives

21 November Research Proposal Presentation

Presentation of research data methods and intended schedule, feedback from Ajaan Pattara

22 November – 23 November Data Collection Observation of community, distribution of surveys within community, interview with Headman


25 November Data Collection Administration of a focus group with housewives of community

26 November Independent Group Work Time/ Consultation with Ajaan Jen

Design of posters and presentations, Compilation or Intervention Proposal Paper

27 November Independent Group Work Time

Preparation for presentation

28 November Intervention Proposal Presentation/ Independent Group Work Time

Presentation of intervention proposal, feedback from Ajaan Pattara, send posters for printing

29 November Preparation for Intervention

Print pamphlets, prep translators, finalize agenda

30 November Intervention Run-through/ Community Visit

Practice administration of intervention, gain feedback, logistics for intervention

1 December Intervention Engagement of community members in waste management practices, education session regarding proper waste management and recycling

2 December Intervention Debriefing

Reflection and evaluation of intervention implementation w/KKU Faculty and CIEE Staff


3 December – 8 December Individual Group Work Time

Preparation of Final Project Report/ Final Project Presentation

9 December Final Project Presentation

Presentation of Final Project to KKU Faculty

10 December – 12 December Individual Group Work Time

Revision of Final Project Report/ Final editing

Budget

Logistics:

1. Transportation = 2,100 B per day

-Saturday

-Sunday

1. Translators (2) = 1,000 B per day

Total: 5,200 B

Preparation:

1. Printing: Pamphlets = 100 B

2. Translation: Pamphlets = 800 B

3. Printing: Posters = 500 B per poster

4. Translation: Posters = 400 B

5. Printing: Flyers = 50 B

6. Translation: Flyers = 400 B

7. Printing: Name Tags = 50 B

8. Printing: Post Test = 50 B

9. Translation: Post Test = 400 B

Total: 2,750

Materials: Food

1. Refreshments: Water Bottles (100) = 250 B

2. Refreshments: Wafers (72) = 100 B

3. Lunch Money for Kok Si = 2,500 B (split with other intervention group)

Total: 2,850 B


Materials: Trash Pick Up

1. Trash Bags (50) = 100 B

2. Rubber Gloves (50) = 150 B

3. Hand Sanitizer Wipes (50) = 250 B

4. Paper Towels (5 rolls) = 50 B

5. Face Masks (50) = 300 B

Total: 850 B

Materials: Miscellaneous

1. Gift for Headman = 200 B

2. Extra = 300 B

3. T-Shirts (15) = 3,000 B

4. Other Prizes (5) = 1,000 B

Total: 4,500

BUDGET TOTAL: 16,150 B

A budget of 16,150 Baht will be provided for our intervention, all inclusive. 3,200 B is provided

for transportation for two days to and from Kok Si and translation for the day of our final intervention. An

amount of 2,750 Baht is provided for the printing and translation of our posters, pamphlets, advertising

flyers, post tests, and name tags. During the actual intervention day, a budget of 2,850B will be allocated

towards providing refreshments and lunch money for the participants of our intervention. The lunch

money provided is split between our group, and the other Kok Si intervention group totaling 5,000 Baht.

For the trash pick up, a budget of 850 Baht will cover the costs of 50 trash bags, 50 pairs of rubber gloves,

50 hand sanitizer wipes, 50 face masks, and 5 rolls of paper towels. The remaining 6,200 Baht of our

budget will go towards the gift for the headman, prizes and incentives for the participating community,

and ‘green up’ T Shirts. Our budget also includes an additional 300 Baht for emergencies, and any

unforeseen costs.

Anticipated Outcomes

Anticipated outcomes of our intervention project consist of realized goals for community

members and ourselves, as well as physical outputs of the project. In this regard, we expect to have

gathered data on knowledge and awareness of waste management and recycling practices prior to and

post intervention. Statistical analysis of such collected data will reveal efficiency of our methods. We also

will have designed educational pamphlets and posters highlighting the ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’ methods of


waste management to have been distributed and hung throughout the Kok Si community. Beyond

numbers, paper, and materials, we also hope and expect many of our goals for the project and the

community of Kok Si to have been realized. Therefore, we anticipate community engagement throughout

our intervention project, particularly on the day of implementation, to increase Kok Si members’

awareness of and efficacy toward proper waste management practices. We expect to successfully spread

the word that the Khon Kaen Municipality will soon be providing disposal resources and collection

services to the Kok Si community, and in so doing lay the groundwork for awareness and knowledge

about the utilization of these services.

While we aim to fill in gaps in knowledge and practice of proper waste management for members

of the Kok Si community, we also expect the natural limitations of this modest project to prevent us from

doing so fully. In this regard, we expect to recognize more ways that habits, lifestyles, and resources of

the villagers impede proper waste management systems even as we move through our intervention.

However, we expect our work with the community of Kok Si to lay a foundational groundwork for future

CIEE students. By doing so, future projects will be able to use the connections we have made and data we

have collected to continue working toward sustainable change for the villagers of Kok Si.


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Appendix

A. Kok Si Waste Management Questionnaire

This questionnaire is aimed to investigate the knowledge of the people in a context of solid waste

management. The information from this study will be used for community solid waste

management in the future.

1. Gender:

Male ☐

Female☐

2. Age: ________ years

3. Education level

No education ☐

Elementary school☐

Primary school☐

High school☐

2 years diploma bachelor☐

Bachelor degree☐

Higher than bachelor degree☐

4. Have you ever heard about solid waste management?

Yes☐

No☐

5. Have you ever been involved in any solid waste management activities?

Yes _______________☐

No☐

6. Waste is a leftover thing from the house, and cannot be utilized.

Yes☐

No☐

7. Waste causes environmental problems.

Yes☐

No☐


8. Waste causes breeding animals, such as rats, flies, mosquitoes, and cockroaches.

Yes☐

No☐

9. Wastes should be sorted and separated by types of waste such as garbage, organic

waste, recycle materials, and toxic waste.

Yes☐

No☐

10. Some types of waste can be recycled such as paper, glass bottles, aluminum, plastics etc.

Yes☐

No☐

11. Some types of waste can be used as a fertilizer such as food waste, garden wastes etc.

Yes☐

No☐

12. The best method to handle with waste is an incinerator.

Yes☐

No☐

13. Providing a trash can/bin in a community helps to reduce pollution and save costs of

waste management and handling.

Yes☐

No☐

14. Sorting and separating waste is a responsibility for every member in a house.

Yes☐

No☐

15. New goods are better than recycled goods.

Yes☐

No☐

B. Survey Data Results


C. Focus Group Notes

I. Waste

1. Personal waste disposal: who takes care of waste in the house, what do they do with waste,

and where does it go?

a. She uses a big bucket and she has a trash bag. She puts her trash in an open field (she burns it

because they do not have trash collection)

b. She has a trash can and she dumps it in the university (KKU); she or her son brings the trash

to the university

c. Mostly, they will dump the trash at Khon Kaen University

2. Community disposal habits: who is in charge of trash maintenance?

a. No

b. People in the municipality in the future will have people come and pick up the trash

c. There are projects from the municipality- they don’t have a public means of gathering the

trash, so they don’t have trash disposal here


3. Is it the municipality’s job to provide trash collection for the community?

a. Yes- it is under the law that the municipality has to take care of it; they do not have public

space in the community to have people come and pick up trash.

4. Is there a part of the community that can potentially be used as this public space?

a. No- people don’t want the trash near them, so they want it to be put somewhere else and for

that space to be designated as the public space

5. Do you dispose of all trash in the same way?

a. People who work will go out to dump the trash. She has her own field that she dumps the

trash in and then she later burns it

i. She separates wet and dry trash- she does not burn the wet trash

ii. She burns it once it dries

II. Recycling

a. Are there certain things recycled that are not burned?

i. They do not do recycling, but they sell plastic bottles for baht

b. What is recycling?

i. To re-use

c. What can be recycled?

i. Plastic bottles that are used to refill water or as a detergent container

(gasoline container as well); they use the back of used papers to take notes

d. Are there centers outside of Kok Si that they can bring recycled goods to and receive money?

i. Yes- 5 kilometers away

e. Do people in the community go to these recycling centers?

i. It depends- few people do the trade for recycled goods

f. If someone were to set up that system within the community, would they use it?

i. If it is more convenient, they will

g. Is recycling something they feel that the municipality should provide?

i. Yes- should provide information about recycled goods and how to recycle


h. When the trash bins come to Kok Si, if they were given trash bins and recycling bins, would

people separate the trash & recycled goods?

i. Easier for them to put all of the trash into one container and not separate it

III. Health Concerns of the Lack of Resources & Inadequate Waste Management

a. Are there health problems from trash burning within the community?

● When they burn the sugarcane and the ashes go into the air, this causes them to get cold

(during the winter)

b. Do they think that waste can cause environmental problems?

● Yes- mostly for the view (not good to look at); aesthetics

c. Do they think the accumulation of waste (apart from incineration) can cause any individual or

community health problems?

i. For the burning of the trash, the chemicals can go through the soil and

people in agriculture who plant vegetables can cause a rash or cancer

d. Are there certain designated areas for burning trash?

i. They burn the trash in their own land

e. Do they think it would be possible to have a communal spot for the trash burning?

i. In the future, the municipality will manage the land

f. When the municipality comes in January (giving trash bins and collecting trash), are they

taking trash to the landfill or are they dealing with trash in the community?

i. The trash taken outside of the village and disposed of

g. Will people use the municipality’s services or continue to burn trash on their own?

i. If the garbage is here, they have to pay for trash collection from the

municipality.

IV. Intervention Feedback

a. What would they like to learn about and what do they want us to do for our intervention?

i. Examples from our country of how we manage trash and what technology

is used (pictures as an idea of the system that is used)

ii. Wants to see how recycling works (what can be recycling, what happens

during recycling)


iii. Sorting trash

iv. Our presence encourages people to attend and see what we bring to the

community

b. How else can we encourage community members to get involved?

i. Having activities from outsiders will contribute to them getting involved

because they think that means their community is dirty and that they need to be involved more

c. Any other questions or final advice?

i. They want their children to know how to clean-up and to be involved in

the clean-up and upkeep of the community

1. Incentive for them to come: toys or candy

d. How do we get people to come to our event on Sunday?

i. Write posters in Thai

ii. Give information to headman to spread the word with information about

activities

D. Kok Si Education Session Pamphlet


E. Kok Si Waste Intervention Day Flyer


F. Kok Si Intervention Day Agenda/ Script


Saturday Agenda:

Scouting:

-trash pick up meeting place

-collect representative waste materials for separation demonstration:

need: (1) burnable piece: cloth or paper waste; (2) non-burnable piece:

metal, e.g., a bottle cap, or glass bottle etc., (3) recyclables: (a) plastic: shampoo bottle; (b)

aluminum/steel: beer can; (c ) glass: a bottle that can be returned for $$; (d) paper: newspaper

or magazine

-Wat education session space

Distribute:

-Invitations (target distribution: 50)

-Find some youth!

Request:

-utilize nutrition group translator to ask Headman to give a few words at

tomorrow’s introduction

Sunday Agenda:

8:00 Departure from CIEE

8:30: Student group arrival

8:30-9:00: Set up

-Name tag table

-Arrangement of chairs

-Our tables

-Poster set up

9:00-9:30: Check in

Roles: Nessie and Emily B. at name tag table

Lily and Emily P. directing and mingling with villages

Directions/Mingling:

Lily and Emily P:


Good morning! If you’re here to join us for our green-up day please head to the Wat and find the

check in table. We’ll be getting started around 9:30

Name tag table:

Good morning and welcome! Thanks for coming to our clean-up day. If you don’t mind, we’re

asking that you wear this nametag with a phonetic spelling of your name so we can remember

your name.

Emily B: Name tag task - Have translator phonetically sound out name, write on name tag for

participant. Also, make sure to note group number every other participant as ‘1’ or ‘2’.

Nessie: Sign in task - Write in everyone’s name on sign in sheet so keep track of participants and

later collect post-test check outs.

Thank you so much! We’ll be starting around 9:30 so please feel free to take a seat, have some

coffee and relax until we begin.

9:30AM:

Introduction at temple:

Good morning everyone and welcome to the Kok Si Community Waste Management Awareness

and Clean-Up Day. We are a group of American students from the Faculty of Public Health at

Khon Kaen University. We have been spending time in your community over the past four

months and want to thank you so much for making us feel so welcome and inviting us into your

homes. After conducting research in the community, both villagers and your headman have

expressed concern for sanitation within the community. Additionally in a focus group we

conducted, villagers expressed interest in learning more about proper waste management and

recycling. Today we would like to show our gratitude for all you have done for us over the past

couple of months by helping raise awareness about waste management in your community. We

would now like to invite the headman to say a few words about today.

-Headman intro-


Back to us: The day will consist of three main sections: a trash pick-up session, an education

session, followed by a lunch celebration. Now, we will be splitting you up into two groups in

which you will attend the sessions with.

If everyone can look down at their name-tags, there is either a 1 or 2 written on the top corner.

This number signifies which group you will be in for the first two sessions of our day.

9:45: Split up villagers into Group 1 and Group 2

Now that we are in our groups, we would like to briefly go over the schedule for the rest of the

day. From 10:00 am to 11:00 am, group 1 will be taking part in the trash pick-up session and

group 2 will be taking part in the education session. At 11:00 am, the groups will swap and

group 1 will attend the education session and group 2 will attend the trash pick-up session until

12 noon. Once the morning sessions are over, we will all spend time cooking and then eat lunch

together to conclude our day together. Before we break off and begin our day, does anyone have

any questions?

9:50: Answer questions….if not, begin sessions!

Alright we are going to begin our sessions now so would everyone in group 1 please follow Lily

and Emily P to begin trash pick-up! And everyone in group 2 can stay here for the education

session with Nessie and Emily B.

Thank you!

Education Session:

Location: Wat

Roles: Lily and Emily B facilitate Introduction and even parts, Emily P and Nessie facilitate odd

parts


Introduction: Thank you again for taking time out of your day to join us for an education session

about waste management. During the next hour, we will be discussing landfills and trash

burning, the health effects of improper waste management, how you can reuse everyday items to

reduce your waste, and how you can sort your household waste materials. As the world’s

population increases, more waste is produced. To preserve the health of our communities and

environment, we must change our attitudes and approaches to waste management. Common

waste disposal methods are trash burning and landfills.

Part 1: Landfills

Landfills cause trash to accumulate. The dangerous elements (toxins) released from trash in

landfills harm our soil and groundwater and pollute the environment. Most importantly, trash in

landfills is not only a concern today, but can also harm the environment that your children and

grandchildren live in.

Part 2: Incineration

Burning trash can harm both your health and the health of other community members. When

trash is burned, the smoke can be dangerous for those with respiratory problems, young children,

and elders in the community. Smoke released while trash is burning also causes headaches and

rashes, and can lead to heart disease and cancer. Lastly, trash burning releases unhealthy

chemicals into the environment that can harm the air, crops, streams, and lakes.

Part 3: The Effects of Waste Buildup

Waste in the community causes animals, such as flies and rats that can spread diseases, such as

dengue and cholera. Waste that is wet in the community can also decompose and smell bad.

Lastly, metals and other sharp objects that are disposed of can be dangerous to have around the

community.

Part 4: The Three R’s

Three ways to prevent waste from building up in the community are to 1) reduce the amount of

waste, 2) to re-use materials, and 3) to recycle certain waste. To reduce the amount of waste,

when you go to the store, try buying materials with less packaging, turning off the lights when


you are not in a room, and turning off the water when you do not need any. To re-use, use a cloth

bag or re-use shopping bags from 7-11, instead of asking for new plastic bags each time you

shop. You can also use cans and boxes as storage containers, instead of buying new ones. Lastly,

to re-cycle, sort bags, soda and beer cans, and cartons of milk and juice.

Part 5: What can following the “Three R’s” lead to?

Following the “Three R’s” can benefit the community in many ways. It can reduce harm to the

environment by reducing the damage to soil, water, and air. Recycled goods can also be

exchanged for baht. Most importantly, reducing waste, re-using goods, and recycling can

improve community health. Less trash in the community means less harmful health effects, less

odors, and a cleaner community.

Part 6: Separating Waste Introduction

Some villagers in your community expressed interest in learning more about the separation of

waste and what should and shouldn’t be burned as a means of disposal. So we are going to do a

little demonstration showing what can and cannot be burned and additionally what can be

recycled.

Part 7: Burnables

Some waste is okay to burn, while others can be dangerous to our health and environment. So

what should we place in the burn pile? All kitchen waste like food scraps can be burned without

causing harm. Additionally, cloth/paper/wood food packaging and egg cartons can be thrown

into the burn pile. Lastly, empty cigarette packs can be burned as a means of disposal.

Part 8: Non-burnables

Moving on, we’d like to touch on what items should not be thrown in the burn pile and which if

burned can cause both serious health and environmental problems. Metal, including small pieces

like bottle caps and lids should not burned. Additionally, glass bottles, cups, mirrors and other

household appliances should not be burned. Certain items which fall under the category of being

toxic and should never be burned include cleaning agents, motor oils, detergents, cosmetics,

batteries, plastics, lumber, pesticide containers and styrofoam. When burning these types of


items, dangerous toxins and chemical are released in the air which can cause very serious health

issues like cancer.

Part 9: Recyclables

However many of these non-burnables can be recycled and put to more use or reused to make

new resources. For example, plastic recyclables include plastic bags, a lot of food packaging,

shampoo or lotion bottles, medicine containers and styrofoam. Aluminum or steel is also

considered a recyclable. This category includes juice/coffee/beer/condensed milk cans which a

lot of people use daily. Glass is another category of recyclables which can be brought to the

local recycle center and exchanged for baht. Lastly, though paper can go in the burn pile, it is

more safe to recycle it. This includes newspapers, magazines, and paper bags. Now we will

explain some ways to reduce the amount of non-burnables in the community.

Part 10: How to reduce the amount of non-burnables? Paper v. Plastic

There are a few easy steps to take to limit the amount of plastic we accumulate. These are things

I follow in my day to day life in Thailand, too.

(1) PAPER > PLASTIC: Any time I have the option of purchasing something in paper

packaging instead of plastic packaging, I do. This can mean simply choosing laundry detergent

or soap packaged in cardboard boxes instead of plastic wrapping or bottles.

Part 11: Glass v. Plastic

(2) GLASS > PLASTIC: Need a household item that comes in glass or plastic? Choose the glass

packaging instead. These containers can be rinsed, reused for food or other storage, and reduce

your need to consume more.

(3) JUST SAY NO to plastic when you’re not going to use it. Don’t need the straw that you’re

offered with your already plastic water bottle? Don’t need the plastic bag for your already

packaged snack? If you don’t need it, don’t take it. Just politely decline and reduce your

consumption and disposal of plastic.

Part 11.5: Q & A, response time


We’re now nearly at the end of our education session. We want to take this time to open up the

floor for any questions related to the presented information today or about anything at all!

-Question time-

Part 12: Thank you/Conclusion

(*Depending on group 1/group 2 post plans differ)

Well, this now concludes the education portion of this morning’s activities. We want to thank

you greatly for your attention and participation! We’ve had a lot of fun talking about this

important stuff with you guys and hope you have too. We’re now moving on to _______ so

please come this way!

Trash Pick-Up Session:

Meeting Spot - TBD

Good morning everyone! This session is going to focus on trash pick-up in the community and

will serve as a clean-up day. The structure of this session will be set up as a competition. We

are going to split up into 5 teams and each team will be given a garbage bag which will be used

to collect trash. After the hour is completed, the team which collects the most trash is the

winner. And we have a special prize for the winners! Also, everyone will be given gloves and a

face mask, and each group will be given some garbage bags. So now we will break up into the

five teams.

10:10: Split up group into 5 teams./ Distribute gloves, face masks and garbage bags.

Okay, does anyone have any questions before we begin the competition?

10:15: Answer questions….if no questions, being competition.


Alright, so we will now begin! Please be sure to return to this meeting spot at 11:00am. If you

are late, you will not be considered for the prize so watch the time! Good luck everyone! On

your mark, get set, go!

Lunch:

Location- Wat

We would like to thank everyone for their participation this morning. We had so much fun

spending time with you all and learning more about your community. We hope you enjoyed this

morning’s activities and now would like to share a big community lunch with you. During the

lunch time, we will be distributing a short post-test in order to evaluate our time here this

morning and would really appreciate all of you participants to fill one out. Also, we have some

pamphlets to hand out to everyone regarding proper waste management practices so please don’t

leave without grabbing one! Once again, we would like to thank you all so much for opening

your homes to us over the past few months! Ourselves and the entire group of CIEE students are

so thankful for all you have done for us over our time here. You have all impacted our

experience in Thailand and made it truly hard for us to have to return to America in such short

time. We will never forget all of the experiences we have shared and hope to see you again

soon! Thank you.

G. Kok Si Waste Management Intervention Post-Test

Thank you again for spending your morning with us to learn more about waste management and

to participate in community clean-up. Please fill out this brief questionnaire. Your answers will

not be shared and will only be used for us to evaluate our project. Please return this paper to us

before you leave today.

1. Gender

☐ Male

☐ Female


2. Age: _______ years

3. Education level:

☐ No education

☐ Elementary school

☐ Primary school

☐ High school

☐ 2 years diploma bachelor

☐ Bachelor degree

☐ Higher than bachelor degree

4. Prior to today’s workshop, had you heard about solid waste management?

☐ Yes

☐ No

5. Prior to today’s community clean-up, had you been involved in any solid waste management

activities?

☐ Yes

☐ No

6. Landfills harm the soil and groundwater and pollute the environment

☐ Yes

☐ No

7. Burning trash can cause numerous health problems and can be dangerous for children and

elders in the community.

☐ Yes

☐ No

8. Waste build-up in the community can cause unwanted disease-carrying pests and animals.

☐ Yes


☐ No

9. Purchasing materials with less packaging, re-using plastic shopping bags, and using cans and

boxes as storage containers are some ways to create a cleaner community.

☐ Yes

☐ No

10. Kitchen waste (i.e. food scraps), food packaging, and egg cartons can be burned.

☐ Yes

☐ No

11. Metal, glass bottles, and household appliances should not be burned, and burning items such

as cleaning agents, detergents, Styrofoam, and batteries can be harmful to your health.

☐ Yes

☐ No

12. Plastic bags, medicine containers, and aluminum can be recycled.

☐ Yes

☐ No

13. Paper, such as newspapers, magazines, and plastic bags should be recycled, rather than

burned.

☐ Yes

☐ No

14. Purchasing goods with paper packaging, rather than plastic packaging, is one way to reduce

your amount of non-burnable waste.

☐ Yes

☐ No


15. Declining plastic bags and straws from stores such as 7/11 can reduce your consumption and

disposal of plastic waste.

☐ Yes

☐ No

Please feel free to share any additional thoughts about today’s education session and/or

community clean-up.

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