Solid Waste Management Practices and Challenges in Rural and Urban Senior High Schools in Ashanti Region, Ghana

Table 4

Preference of waste disposal practices between rural and urban schools.

Type of waste	Mean	Std. dev		value
Plastic waste
Urban school	1.4081	1.22109	8.151	0.012
Rural school	2.8824	1.24473
Paper waste
Urban school	1.3427	1.26780	6.702	0.001
Rural school	2.5142	1.17869
Food/garden waste
Urban school	1.4221	1.29226	6.998	0.001
Rural school	2.1552	1.16641
Cans/container
Urban school	1.2312	1.27892	1.893	0.001
Rural school	2.1381	1.38351
Rags
Urban school	1.4271	1.34055	7.123	0.034
Rural school	2.6240	1.18560

Source: field data (2021). Means of disposal: , dumping, container, bin, and pile. Significant at 5%.