Abstract
Background: Unregulated waste generated from informal settlements has been found to be between 0.001 to 0.026kg/person/day which is contrary to 0.001 to 0.015kg/person/day for formal residents ( Bello & Ismail, 2016). Individual municipalities in South Africa spends more than R100 million annually towards attending illegal waste deposits (Ntseku, 2019). Waste generated by daily human activities is left to accumulate in ubiquitous and unregulated dumpsites and has been discovered to be largely attributed to informal settlements. Although studies conclude that there are distinctive amounts of waste generated between formal and informal dwellers, a comparison on knowledge, attitude, and practices on how these differences in waste management practices come about has not been explored. This study sought to examine a comparison of knowledge, attitude, and practices of waste management among formal and informal dwellers in Edendale KwaZulu-Natal...
M.A. (Public Health)