Research Article
Solid Waste Management Practices and Challenges in Rural and Urban Senior High Schools in Ashanti Region, Ghana
Table 6
Challenges to effective waste management.
| Type of waste | Mean | Std. dev | | value |
| Student attitude | | | | | Urban school | 1.9319 | 1.02139 | 8.151 | 0.001 | Rural school | 4.7321 | 1.22031 | | | Inadequate bin supply | | | | | Urban school | 2.5319 | 1.26780 | 6.702 | 0.002 | Rural school | 4.8521 | 1.96781 | | | Inadequate resources for waste management | | | | | Urban school | 3.6596 | 1.62296 | 6.998 | 0.025 | Rural school | 4.6423 | 1.14142 | | | Poor waste collection routine | | | | | Urban school | 3.5212 | 1.27452 | 1.893 | 0.001 | Rural school | 1.8842 | 1.38351 | | |
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Source: field data (2021). agree, , , and disagree. Significant at 5%. |