title: Refuse treatment options: a case study.
abstract: Records in public archives were evaluated for the period 1981-1991. Simple surveys of peoples and of technology and physical premises provided insight to gauge the attitudes of a local community in the Melbourne municipality and the Melbourne City Council towards composting of organic waste materials. There is a lag in perception and attitudes between the local community and the local government towards composting of organic refuse as a solid waste treatment option. The simple methodology of the study still made it possible to verify past and present perceptions and attitudes.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Environmental Science, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Kwawe
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D001315:Australia; D002947:Cities; D003142:Communication; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D003625:Data Collection; D006076:Government; D006801:Humans; D011639:Public Opinion; D012037:Refuse Disposal; D012189:Retrospective Studies