The analysis of the data collected from this study largely reaf-
firms the consensus which has been reached to date, that in
spite of public attitudes towards solid waste source separation
and recycling, the majority of the respondents showed inadequate
knowledge and practice related to them. The vast majority
of respondents were ‘unsatisfied’ with their SW collection service
and, as a result, they were less willing to pay for SW services.
Thus, providing public with MSW infrastructures and improving
citizens’ awareness about SWsource separation and recycling in
order to promote SW recycling programs seems to be necessary. It
should also be emphasized here that in view of the current consensus
of opinion a better environment starts with (local) government
providing the MSW infrastructure and it ends with citizens separating
MWS and putting it in the right containers. Because if the
infrastructure to collectMSWisnotthere,there isnotmuchcitizens
can do. However, more research on this topic needs to be undertaken
before the association between household wastes source
separation and recycling programs and its affecting variables are
more clearly understood. Further studies which take the implementation
of needs-based training programmes into account are
therefore suggested, with more focus on females. Moreover, there
is abundant room for further progress in determining municipality
needs to offer proper services to citizens considering financial
incentives.