Available online at: http://proceeding.rsfpress.com/index.php/pss/index LPPM UPN “Veteran” Yogyakarta Conference Series Proceeding on Political and Social Science (PSS) Volume 1 Number 1 (2020): 148-160 Research Synergy Foundation DOI: https://doi.org/10.31098/pss.v1i1.191 RSF Press Village-Level Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP) on Solid Waste Management in Penampang, Sabah Siti Yasmin Badrum, Mohammad Tahir bin Mapa Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Yogyakarta E-mail address: da1911001t@student.ums.edu.my; E-mail address: herma@ums.edu.my Abstract There Exploring the levels of knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of the citizen is an initial step towards designing comprehensive and participative solid waste management strategies, programs, and policies. A cross-sectional survey was conducted to capture the knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP) on solid waste management from a total of 107 respondents in Penampang Proper Village, Penampang, Sabah, Malaysia. The study determined the relationship of the independent variables (year of birth, gender, education, and employment) with the dependent variables (KAP) using the Kruskal Wallis correlation test. Relationships were tested at 0.05 levels of significance and Spearman Rho correlation was used to test the relationship between the KAP variables at 0.01 levels of significance. It was found out that most respondents have excellent levels of KAP but none of the independent variables has a significant relationship to the KAP levels. However, the respondents' year of birth and educational level has a significant relationship to their practice level. Spearman Rho test also reveals that knowledge and attitude have a positive correlation with each other. The findings, therefore, may be useful to assist local campaigners in planning message materials, platforms and input to further increase citizen participation Keywords: KAP, knowledge, attitude and practice, solid waste management, solid waste management campaign, citizen participation This is an open access article under the CC–BY-NC license. I. INTRODUCTION Globally, solid waste management is an unresolved problem. The annual waste generation is projected to increase by 70% from 2.01 billion tonnes in 2016 to 3.40 billion tonnes in 2050 due to rapid urbanization and population growth (World Bank, 2019). Managing waste proves to be more challenging for residents in developing countries as the impacts of unsustainably managed waste are ruthless, particularly to the urban poor as they are more prone to be the victim of diseases, accidents, and pollution (World Bank, 2019). This specific problem is the result of collective failure from the public, mismanagement of public funding, and ineffective policies, among others. Poor public knowledge and awareness will lead to a