Social perception of environment and waste management in Puçol (Valencia-Spain)

  • Víctor Agulló Calatayud Universitat de València
  • Gregorio González Alcaide Universitat de València
  • Carlos Abellán Andrés Universitat de València
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_OBMD.2011.v14.37294
Keywords: Waste management, social perception, environment, sociological study, citizen survey, home waste.

Abstract

The present study analyzes the situation of waste management and environmental problems in the municipality of Puçol (Valencia-Spain) from multivariant statistical analysis data from a sociological survey. It can be highlighted the following aspects: to) The citizen percentage that recycles correctly all type of waste residues is of 8.93% and the percentage of recyclers of any kind of residue is of 60.97%; b) to have a high educational level and the fact of having close containers entails, in a significant way, to recycled more; c) the container of plastics, bricks and cans is not used appropriately given that more than 70% of the sample uses the organic garbage container for this purpose; and d) the town of Puçol perceives the lack of environmental awareness as the environmental main problem of the municipality with a percentage of 36.3%.

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Víctor Agulló Calatayud, Universitat de València
Departament de Sociologia i Antropologia Social-
Facultat de Ciències Socials
Gregorio González Alcaide, Universitat de València
Departament de Sociologia i Antropologia Social-
Facultat de Ciències Socials
Carlos Abellán Andrés, Universitat de València
Departament de Sociologia i Antropologia Social-
Facultat de Ciències Socials

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Agulló Calatayud V., González Alcaide G. y Abellán Andrés C. (2011). Social perception of environment and waste management in Puçol (Valencia-Spain). Observatorio Medioambiental, 14, 95-106. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_OBMD.2011.v14.37294
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Vol. 14 (2011)
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Estudios e investigaciones

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