Public awareness and attitudes to waste can affect the population's willingness to cooperate and participate in waste segregation practices. General awareness and information on the social, economic and environmental benefits of the successful practice are important factors which need to be continuously communicated to all sectors of the population. Knowledge is important to predict waste segregation behaviour. Basically increasing knowledge will translate into a change in behaviour. Knowledge of household segregation is about where, what, when and how to practice in a real life [42].