Introduction
Hong Kong were a huge amount of waste every day, Hong Kong Government need of aware of how to reduce domestic waste to maintain Hong Kong citizen quality of life. Therefore, program of domestic waste separation in January 2005 by Hong Kong Government. Government were provided waste separation facilities on each building to encourage citizen to waste separation and separation waste before disposal (GovHK, 2014).
If gender, educational level, age and level of property related to domestic waste separation knowledge, then people with high knowledge of domestic waste separation.
If gender, educational level, age and level of property related to domestic waste separation attribute, then people with high attribute of domestic waste separation.
The objectives of the research were following
1. evaluate the citizen between the different areas, type of buildings of the respondents such as gender, age and educational level
2. Evaluate the citizen differences of attribute between of different areas, type of building of the respondents.
3. Suggest the improvement of the separate of collect system in Hong Kong
Sampling Methods
Characteristics of the Study Area
The study was located in Hong Kong, because this study we focus on Hong Kong citizen waste separation. Hong Kong was divided into three regions, Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and New Territories.
There were three-colored waste separation bins at housing estate to collect waste. About 1,400 housing estates joined this program for domestic waste separation (Environmental Protection Department, 2008). Therefor level of properties were divided into two categories which are public and private housing.
Questionnaires (see Annex B)
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