Investigating causes contributing to increased municipal solid waste in Kuwait: A National Survey

This research publishes the results of a survey conducted on 806 subjects to study factors contributing to increased household waste and to investigate public awareness and opinion on treatment options. the objective is to estimate the number of waste bags disposed per household and find factors corresponding to that increase. these factors consist of any possible demographic characteristic involving: nationality, household income, property type, number of family members per household, number of maids if any, number of employed family members, number of vehicles per household, highest educational level attained per family guardian, number of family members below the age of twenty one, etc. in addition, the survey investigates behavioral aspects that are expected to also contribute to increased solid household waste; such as, dining using home deliveries versus homemade meals, and number of grocery shopping trips per week. furthermore, the survey explores the public awareness on environmental concerns that are linked to increased household waste, and public opinion on tarilf associated with waste recycling. the survey results were examined for normality and were analyzed through correlation and regression analysis. the results were validated at a 95% confidence level.