*Corresponding author (Krittiya Lertpocasombut). Tel: +66-2-5643005 x3109. E-mail: lkrittiy@engr.tu.ac.th. 2015. American Transactions on Engineering & Applied Sciences. Volume 4 No.1 ISSN 2229-1652 eISSN 2229-1660 Online Available at http://TUENGR.COM/ATEAS/V04/031.pdf. 31 American Transactions on Engineering & Applied Sciences http://TuEngr.com/ATEAS Management of Garbage Problems with Participation of the 21 Dormitory Buildings' Community Krittiya Lertpocasombut a* , Boonsap Witchayangkoon a and Sayan Sirimontree a a Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Thammasat University, THAILAND. A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Article history: Received 30 September 2014 Received in revised form December 24, 2014 Accepted 27, 2014 Available online January 05, 2015 Keywords: Community participation; Questionnaire survey; Dormitory resident; Solid waste; Study area. When the community grew as the population increased, it was resulted in waste increased. The problems of solid waste affect the environment and people's health. The study area of a community of 21 dormitory buildings near Thammasat University Rangsit Campus, the residential area has found rubbish overload from the tank waste, provoked smell and being a source of disease carriers such as rats and roaches. For this reason, the residents should bear in dealing with solid waste that occurs without dependence on government unilaterally in waste disposal. In addition, the rapid growth in the number of dormitories surrounding Thammasat University Rangsit Campus has ignited in an attempt to fix the problem, garbage overload. Questionnaire survey of the residents showed up with a random sampling method. The residents who live in buildings affected by high, medium, and low impacts of garbage overload tanks are chose for surveying questionnaire. In addition, the store owners and the manager of the buildings are surveyed to find out their opinions and recommendations on garbage campaign management. The results showed that most of the residents had been not satisfied with the management of garbage disposal. They would like to have an exchange of solid waste recycling as a reward rather than in cash and are willing to cooperate with the campaigns when they could earn some kind benefits. 2015 Am. Trans. Eng. Appl. Sci. 1. Introduction A local community’s garbage disposal has been expanded to a current situation due to a population increase. This provoked problems of garbage spilled out which impacted on the environment and affected also health of the public. Therefore, people who live in the community 2015 American Transactions on Engineering & Applied Sciences.