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

Table 5

Handling of waste in rural and urban schools.

Type of waste	Mean	Std. dev		value
Plastic waste
Urban school	2.882	1.22109	8.151	0.001
Rural school	2.582	1.24473
Paper waste
Urban school	2.343	1.26780	6.702	0.001
Rural school	2.514	1.17869
Food/garden waste
Urban school	3.422	1.29226	6.998	0.012
Rural school	2.155	1.16641
Cans/container
Urban school	4.531	1.27892	1.893	0.001
Rural school	2.801	1.38351
Rags
Urban school	4.612	1.34055	7.123	0.041
Rural school	2.624	1.18560

Source: field data (2021). form1 students, form one students, level students, students, and cleaners/labourer. Significant at 5%.