Abstract
Waste is a major environmental problem faced by many societies and is fast becoming a concern not only locally, but on an international scale. With increasing population sizes and urbanisation, the available land is becoming scarce even to serve the purpose of providing space for waste disposal. With annual increases in waste generation rates and municipalities’ significant dependence on landfilling as method of disposal, it is just a matter of time before significant difficulties of limited space, poor health and environmental concerns will be evident. Therefore, municipalities, such as the Drakenstein Municipality in the Western Cape, are forced to search for new ways to decrease the amount of waste that end up on the landfills. One solution to this problem is to implement separation at source also called curb side recycling. The Drakenstein Municipality has already implemented such a programme in selected suburbs but finds that participation from households in this Municipality is low. The issue of households’ behaviour and choice to participate or not to participate in curb side recycling is one of vital importance...
M.Com. (Development Economics)