Title: Willingness to pay for waste management in Khulna City of Bangladesh

Authors: Mohammed Ziaul Haider; Nusrat Jahan; Sk. Faijan Bin Halim

Addresses: Economics Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna – 9208, Bangladesh ' Economics Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna – 9208, Bangladesh ' Economics Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna – 9208, Bangladesh

Abstract: This study attempts to reveal/unveil the waste management problem, and hereby estimate households' willingness to pay (WTP) for improved waste management services. A total of 200 sample households are randomly selected from Khulna City, Bangladesh. A structured questionnaire has been used to seek households' WTP and willingness to accept (WTA) behaviour, accordingly, with its determinants analysed using different econometric models. The most significant factors influence WTP include age, sex, education, profession, location, awareness of river pollution, and household earning member, whereas, sex, availability of vendors, selling of plastic bottle, and reuse option have significantly influenced households' WTA behaviour. Estimation infers that Eastside households are willing to pay US$ 0.49 more for improved waste management than the Westside households. This study recommends that dustbin provision, initiate waste collection service, and fair price of the plastic bottle might help to solve the ongoing problem of waste management in the study area.

Keywords: household; waste; disposal behaviour; Rupsha River; willingness to pay; WTP; willingness to accept; WTA; Bangladesh.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEWM.2024.142740

International Journal of Environment and Waste Management, 2024 Vol.35 No.4, pp.478 - 499

Received: 03 Apr 2021
Accepted: 06 Jul 2022
Published online: 20 Nov 2024 *

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