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Is waste a problem to the people in Almolonga
today? What do they think about their current waste collection
system? What do they know about waste?
The answers to these questions are central in defining what
to emphasise in the project and where to start working. The
only way to get the answers is to ask the people in Almolonga.
So we did.
 During
two long days in April, we completed 400 interviews in the
village (about 3% of the population). The questions and the
corresponding results are shown below.
| 1) Do you think the waste
situation in your village needs to be solved urgently? |
| Yes |
No |
Don't know |
Don't understand |
| 88% |
8% |
4% |
- |
| 2) Do you feel responsible
in this process? |
| Yes |
No |
Don't know |
Don't understand |
| 72% |
21% |
5% |
2% |
| 3) Have you heard of
the waste management project which the municipality is
running? |
| Yes |
No |
Don't know |
Don't understand |
| 72% |
24% |
3% |
1% |
| 4) Have you received
any information on how to contribute towards a cleaner
and healthier environment? |
| Yes |
No |
Don't know |
Don't understand |
| 45% |
41% |
3% |
1% |
| 5)
Which is inorganic waste? |
| Vegetables |
Plastics |
Both |
Don't know |
| 27% |
55% |
3% |
15% |
| 6) What fertilisers do
you prefer to be used in agricultural production? |
| Organic |
Chemical |
Both |
Don't know |
| 64% |
18% |
8% |
10% |
| 7) Do you know of any
places that has received complains for environmental contamination? |
| Yes |
No |
Don't know |
Don't understand |
| 42% |
54% |
4% |
1% |
| 8) Do you, in your home
/ at work separate different kinds of waste? |
| Yes |
No |
Don't know |
Don't understand |
| 46% |
50% |
4% |
- |
| 9) Would you separate
the waste in your home if you got adequate containers
(i.e. in different colours)? |
| Yes |
No |
Don't know |
Don't understand |
| 88% |
10% |
2% |
1% |
| 10) Would you recollect
25lb of plastic waste and bring them to a collection
centre if you could sell it for 10 Quetzales? (= 9 NOK
= 1.2USD) |
| Yes |
No |
Don't know |
Don't understand |
| 76% |
20% |
4% |
1% |
| 11) Does the collection
truck pass frequently enough by your home? |
| Yes |
No |
Don't know |
Don't understand |
| 51% |
20% |
4% |
1% |
| 12) Are you affected
by all the garbage in the streets and in the countryside? |
| Yes |
No |
Don't know |
Don't understand |
| 91% |
7% |
1% |
- |
| 13) Would you be willing
to pay more for the waste collection services if they
were improved? |
| Yes |
No |
Don't know |
Don't understand |
| 65% |
25% |
6% |
1% |
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