Analysis of factors and ways of attracting public participation in Ardakan municipal waste management

The production of waste (garbage) is the gift of civilization to the world. The ever-increasing growth of the urban population and development, the change in the consumption pattern and the increase in social welfare have caused the production of a large amount of waste materials. Education and culture building with the aim of involving people in waste management and dealing with destructive environmental phenomena is very important. The research method was descriptive-survey. The collection of data is through the distribution of 175 questionnaires among the citizens and a mining visit of the stages of collection, transportation, accumulation, recycling and sanitary-engineering burial of urban waste in Ardakan. The results obtained from the data analysis show that the citizens' satisfaction with the municipality's performance is average. There is a significant relationship between age, gender, occupation, and education with citizens' awareness, education, and participation; As the age increases and the level of education increases, the level of awareness in the field of recycling and urban waste management has increased, and with the development of citizens' culture, the repetition and continuation of educational programs, face-to-face education and more use of mass media and social media. Virtually, effective measures can be taken to reduce the amount of urban waste production and its environmental effects.