Environmental Issue

Frequency (%) Category A

Frequency (%) Category B

Significant (p-value)

S

FS

LS

NS

S

FS

LS

NS

Landfill impact on the environment

31 (25.4)

47 (38.5)

11 (9)

33 (27)

48 (35)

43 (31.4)

20 (14.6)

26 (19)

0.551

Garbage and littering of the environment due to landfill

28 (23)

49 (40.2)

10 (8.2)

35 (28.7)

64 (46.7)

21 (15.3)

49 (35.8)

3 (2.2)

0.000^*

Air pollution, foul odour, smoke from burning

55 (45.1)

42 (34.4)

3 (2.5)

22 (18)

52 (38)

39 (28.5)

14 (10.2)

32 (23.4)

0.003^*

Water pollution

30 (24.6)

34 (27.9)

40 (32.8)

18 (14.8)

13 (9.5)

10 (7.3)

114 (83.2)

-

0.000^*

Noise Pollution

28 (23)

33 (27)

37 (30.3)

24 (19.7)

24 (17.5)

17 (12.4)

63 (46)

33 (24.1)

0.247

Dust

42 (34.4)

28 (23)

30 (24.6)

22 (18)

33 (24.1)

23 (16.8)

46 (33.6)

35 (25.5)

0.009^*

Infestation of disease-carrying organisms, e.g., rats, cockroaches, bedbugs, mosquitos.

43 (35.2)

34 (27.9)

19 (15.6)

26 (21.3)

38 (27.7)

34 (24.8)

29 (21.2)

36 (26.3)

0.015^*