Research On The Influence Of Social Capital On Household Garbage Sorting Behavior

Since the reform and opening up,China’s economy has grown rapidly and it has become the world’s largest developing country.The quality of life of the Chinese people has steadily improved.With the rapid development of commodity economy,the production of household garbage has surged,which has brought serious pollution to the environment and has seriously hindered the process of sustainable economic development in China.Especially in rural areas,the domestic waste treatment infrastructure is backward,and the villagers’ garbage classification awareness is poor.The frequent occurrence of “village surrounded by Garbage”,“Dam surrounded by Garbage” destroys the rural ecological balance and causes serious environmental pollution.Although China has been carrying out garbage classification for many years,it focuses on the treatment of urban household garbage.Comparatively,the treatment of rural household garbage starts late and the effect is poor.Traditional methods such as open-air stacking,landfill and burning are easy to cause secondary pollution of air and soil,so the treatment of rural household garbage is imminent.In this article,through reviewing the literature,therefore,to understand the garbage classification management and social capital theory,etc.,the farmers of Changsha County as investigation object,understand the living garbage management in Changsha County,by way of questionnaire investigation to collect social capital and garbage sorting data of Changsha County,analyze data,understand the relationship between social capital and behavior of peasant household garbage sorting.Through combing and analyzing the advanced experience of Jinhua in Zhejiang Province and Japan in improving the level of garbage management by cultivating social capital,combining with the reality of Changsha County,this paper puts forward suggestions to improve the enthusiasm of farmers to participate in garbage classification by cultivating social capital,so as to improve the level of household garbage management in Changsha County and effectively implement environmental protection.Compared with previous studies,this paper summarized and sorted out the domestic waste management and social capital situation in Changsha County,conducted an empirical analysis of the questionnaire survey results,summarized advanced experience at home and abroad and put forward suggestions to provide support for promoting the domestic waste management in Changsha County.In addition,the measurement dimension of volunteerism is added in this study,which enhances the scientific nature of measurement and broadens the theoretical perspective of farmers’ garbage classification behavior,helping to explore the optimal path to improve farmers’ willingness to participate in garbage classification by cultivating social capital.