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Urban household's behaviour towards domestic waste recycling, Shah Alam, Selangor / Nurul Rif'ah Afiqah Abd Rauf

Solid waste management has become one of the challenging issues and problems faced by local governments in developing countries worldwide, and poor waste management can raise costs and harm the environment. Thus, many countries encourage recycling to protect the environment and improve waste managem...

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Main Author: Abd Rauf, Nurul Rif'ah Afiqah
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2023
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Refuse and refuse disposal
Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/91010/1/91010.pdf
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spelling my.uitm.ir.910102024-07-22T02:36:55Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/91010/ Urban household's behaviour towards domestic waste recycling, Shah Alam, Selangor / Nurul Rif'ah Afiqah Abd Rauf Abd Rauf, Nurul Rif'ah Afiqah Refuse and refuse disposal Solid waste management has become one of the challenging issues and problems faced by local governments in developing countries worldwide, and poor waste management can raise costs and harm the environment. Thus, many countries encourage recycling to protect the environment and improve waste management. However, domestic waste management during the COVID-19 pandemic, a scarcity of land for landfill, and low household recycling involvement affect waste recycling in Malaysia. Therefore, this study attempts to construct a Human Behaviour Framework for urban households in domestic waste recycling. The researcher examines the theory and factors of household behaviour, investigates the practice of domestic waste recycling, analyses the recycling factors and practices, and proposes the human behaviour framework for domestic waste recycling. This study utilised Site Observation, Questionnaires, Expert Interviews, and Focus Group Discussion (FGD). The 360 urban households in Seksyen 2, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 11, Shah Alam, were selected using Stratified Random Sampling and analysed using Statistical Package Social Sciences (SPSS). It was found that urban households’ domain factors in recycling behaviour influence their intention to recycle, and the efficiency of waste recycling mechanisms and systems reflects their involvement in waste segregation and domestic waste recycling practises. The study indicated five (5) behavioural factors in recycling behaviour: Knowledge (K), Attitude (A), Spatial and Physical (SP), and Situational (ST) factors. Knowledge and attitude have the most negligible impact compared to spatial, physical, situational, and social factors. People recycle if they have access to waste facilities and recycling centres, if garbage offenders are prosecuted, and if the community recycles and separates waste. Hence, the study suggests improved recycling policies and strategies through the proposed Human Behaviour Framework (HBF). 2023 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/91010/1/91010.pdf Urban household's behaviour towards domestic waste recycling, Shah Alam, Selangor / Nurul Rif'ah Afiqah Abd Rauf. (2023) Masters thesis, thesis, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM). <http://terminalib.uitm.edu.my/91010.pdf>
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Abd Rauf, Nurul Rif'ah Afiqah
Urban household's behaviour towards domestic waste recycling, Shah Alam, Selangor / Nurul Rif'ah Afiqah Abd Rauf
description Solid waste management has become one of the challenging issues and problems faced by local governments in developing countries worldwide, and poor waste management can raise costs and harm the environment. Thus, many countries encourage recycling to protect the environment and improve waste management. However, domestic waste management during the COVID-19 pandemic, a scarcity of land for landfill, and low household recycling involvement affect waste recycling in Malaysia. Therefore, this study attempts to construct a Human Behaviour Framework for urban households in domestic waste recycling. The researcher examines the theory and factors of household behaviour, investigates the practice of domestic waste recycling, analyses the recycling factors and practices, and proposes the human behaviour framework for domestic waste recycling. This study utilised Site Observation, Questionnaires, Expert Interviews, and Focus Group Discussion (FGD). The 360 urban households in Seksyen 2, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 11, Shah Alam, were selected using Stratified Random Sampling and analysed using Statistical Package Social Sciences (SPSS). It was found that urban households’ domain factors in recycling behaviour influence their intention to recycle, and the efficiency of waste recycling mechanisms and systems reflects their involvement in waste segregation and domestic waste recycling practises. The study indicated five (5) behavioural factors in recycling behaviour: Knowledge (K), Attitude (A), Spatial and Physical (SP), and Situational (ST) factors. Knowledge and attitude have the most negligible impact compared to spatial, physical, situational, and social factors. People recycle if they have access to waste facilities and recycling centres, if garbage offenders are prosecuted, and if the community recycles and separates waste. Hence, the study suggests improved recycling policies and strategies through the proposed Human Behaviour Framework (HBF).
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author Abd Rauf, Nurul Rif'ah Afiqah
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author_sort Abd Rauf, Nurul Rif'ah Afiqah
title Urban household's behaviour towards domestic waste recycling, Shah Alam, Selangor / Nurul Rif'ah Afiqah Abd Rauf
title_short Urban household's behaviour towards domestic waste recycling, Shah Alam, Selangor / Nurul Rif'ah Afiqah Abd Rauf
title_full Urban household's behaviour towards domestic waste recycling, Shah Alam, Selangor / Nurul Rif'ah Afiqah Abd Rauf
title_fullStr Urban household's behaviour towards domestic waste recycling, Shah Alam, Selangor / Nurul Rif'ah Afiqah Abd Rauf
title_full_unstemmed Urban household's behaviour towards domestic waste recycling, Shah Alam, Selangor / Nurul Rif'ah Afiqah Abd Rauf
title_sort urban household's behaviour towards domestic waste recycling, shah alam, selangor / nurul rif'ah afiqah abd rauf
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