Development of Waste Management Information System for One-stop Waste Management Learning Center

Abstract

The increasing volumes of everyday waste affects the nature causing carbon dioxide which is the cause of greenhouse effect. According to this problem, the purposes of the research were to: 1) study the waste management model at the One-stop Waste Management Learning Center, 2) design and develop information systems for waste management at the One-stop Waste Management Learning Center, and 3) evaluate the user satisfaction. The sample group consisted of 15 teachers and 30 students from six schools in Bangkok. They were selected by using a specific sampling method. The research tools were: 1) integrated waste management information system at the learning center which was a desktop application developed by Object-oriented method, Microsoft Visual Basic and Microsoft Access, and 2) user satisfaction questionnaire. The statistics used in data analysis were mean and standard deviation. The results of this research were as follows. 1) The study of waste management by using waste separation method raises good awareness on environmental conservation and waste management of students in Bangkok schools.2) The results of user  satisfaction showed overall satisfaction at the highest level ( = 4.59, S.D. = 0.70).