WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ADOPTED BYTHE GREEN HOME OWNERS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

ABSTRACT One of the most critical issues faced by the society nowadays is the disposal of waste.This problem can be solved only by intelligently converting waste into resources, rather than destroying or disposing it.Numerous practices can be adopted by the households to convert the waste into resources.Some of the practices that can be applied are installation of Bio gas plants, Composting, Incineration, Reduce, Recycle & Reuse etc. In this paper the researchers have made an attempt to study about the different waste management practices adopted by the households, the amount spent on its installation and the subsidy received by the green home owners of Thiruvananthapuram and Malappuram districts of Kerala State.In order to achieve the objectives 25 questionnaires were administered to each green home owner of Thiruvananthapuram and Malappuram districts