A questionnaire survey consisting of 2400 householders was performed on Abadan residents to evaluate
their knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) towards solid waste (SW) reduction, source separation
and recycling, collection and willingness to pay (WTP) for SW services. The study has also covered the
relationship between demographic variables and KAP towards SW management. The data analyzed suggests
that the studied community had a very positive attitude to take part in SW source separation and
recycling plans. However, the respondents not only showed low intimate knowledge of different steps of
SW management, but were also weak to take practices about these steps. The KAP of SW source separation
and recycling was influenced by demographic factors of age, education level, gender and occupation.
It was further found that education level and occupation were two significant factors affecting residents’
WTP (2 = 24.083, p-value