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A study of public perception and attitude on e-waste recycling management in Kulim, Kedah

Globally, growth of urbanization influences the rising of people's living standard. Rapid development of technology has led to increasing usage of electrical and electronic industry and eventually raise amount of e-waste. However, the amount of electronic production did not balance with the rec...

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Main Author: Wan Abdul kadir, Wan Husna
Format: Undergraduate Final Project Report
Published: 2020
Online Access:http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/4383/
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spelling my.umk.eprints.43832022-05-23T08:26:19Z http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/4383/ A study of public perception and attitude on e-waste recycling management in Kulim, Kedah Wan Abdul kadir, Wan Husna Globally, growth of urbanization influences the rising of people's living standard. Rapid development of technology has led to increasing usage of electrical and electronic industry and eventually raise amount of e-waste. However, the amount of electronic production did not balance with the recycling activity in order to counter the future issue. Plus, the public was unaware about e-wastes and their issues. The main objective of this research is to explore the perception of public regarding the e-waste recycling management in Kulim, Kedah. This research also identifies relationship between knowledge, perception and accessibility to recycling facility towards attitude of public. The data was collected using survey questionnaire conducted among public in Kulim, Kedah. There were 382 publics who were randomly selected as respondents. Generally, the results show that publics have a fairly positive perception on the e-waste recycling by using descriptive analysis. There are 49 % out of 382 respondents agree it can help save energy and reduce environmental pollution. There are 57.1 % publics agree that it is their responsibilities to manage the electronic waste properly which are quite a good start towards inculcating recycling habits. Knowledge, perception and accessibility factors play a role to influence e-waste recycling management of public. Second objective is analyzed using correlation test and multiple linear regressions. Perception has strong relation towards attitude while both accessibility and knowledge has moderate relationship. Even though people had positive perception on e-waste recycling, there was a possibility for them to act oppositely depends on other external factors. 2020 Undergraduate Final Project Report NonPeerReviewed Wan Abdul kadir, Wan Husna (2020) A study of public perception and attitude on e-waste recycling management in Kulim, Kedah. Final Year Project thesis, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan. (Submitted)
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description Globally, growth of urbanization influences the rising of people's living standard. Rapid development of technology has led to increasing usage of electrical and electronic industry and eventually raise amount of e-waste. However, the amount of electronic production did not balance with the recycling activity in order to counter the future issue. Plus, the public was unaware about e-wastes and their issues. The main objective of this research is to explore the perception of public regarding the e-waste recycling management in Kulim, Kedah. This research also identifies relationship between knowledge, perception and accessibility to recycling facility towards attitude of public. The data was collected using survey questionnaire conducted among public in Kulim, Kedah. There were 382 publics who were randomly selected as respondents. Generally, the results show that publics have a fairly positive perception on the e-waste recycling by using descriptive analysis. There are 49 % out of 382 respondents agree it can help save energy and reduce environmental pollution. There are 57.1 % publics agree that it is their responsibilities to manage the electronic waste properly which are quite a good start towards inculcating recycling habits. Knowledge, perception and accessibility factors play a role to influence e-waste recycling management of public. Second objective is analyzed using correlation test and multiple linear regressions. Perception has strong relation towards attitude while both accessibility and knowledge has moderate relationship. Even though people had positive perception on e-waste recycling, there was a possibility for them to act oppositely depends on other external factors.
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A study of public perception and attitude on e-waste recycling management in Kulim, Kedah
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title A study of public perception and attitude on e-waste recycling management in Kulim, Kedah
title_short A study of public perception and attitude on e-waste recycling management in Kulim, Kedah
title_full A study of public perception and attitude on e-waste recycling management in Kulim, Kedah
title_fullStr A study of public perception and attitude on e-waste recycling management in Kulim, Kedah
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