SOCLEAN Model: A Model for Community-based Solid Waste Management of Local Government in the Northeast Region of Thailand

Abstract

Solid waste is a very serious problem for communities, and waste management has evolved over and over until the mission of waste management has fallen into the responsibility of the local government. The objective of this article is to synthesize an effective waste management model with cooperation from the public sector. The result found that the effectiveness model of community-based solid waste management (CBSWM) of Local Government in the Northeast Region of Thailand called “SOCLEAN Model” which consists of 7 elements, there were: Strong Policy - S; Organization Management-O; Contributing Context-C; Learning how to success-L; Education for stakeholder-E; Activities of CBSWM– A; and Networking-N. This model was appreciated for operation applying of local government for reducing the amount of local solid waste; promote the people to reuse solid waste; and making participation and satisfaction of the people on local Solid Waste Management.