The effectiveness of recycling program in UMS Campus, Kota Kinabalu
An evaluation on the effectiveness of the recycling programs had been done to identify the factors that will influence its implementation and some solutions are suggested to overcome the problems. Methods that have been utilised in the research were waste auditing and questionnaire survey. The re...
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| Format: | Academic Exercise |
| Language: | English |
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2008
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/19782/1/The%20effectiveness%20of%20recycling%20program.pdf https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/19782/ |
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| Summary: | An evaluation on the effectiveness of the recycling programs had been done to
identify the factors that will influence its implementation and some solutions are
suggested to overcome the problems. Methods that have been utilised in the research
were waste auditing and questionnaire survey. The research was done in SST and
college CID within two weeks in November of year 2007 and January of year 2008
respectively. Wastes have to segregate according to four categories, which are plastic,
aluminium cans, glass, paper and organic waste. Total waste generated and each
category of waste was recorded especially the recyclable materials. The questionnaires
were randomly distributed to the students (as respondents) where involved 400 papers
in SST and 300 papers in college C/D. There were five sections included respondents'
background, source of financial support, expense style, waste discard and opinion or
understanding regarding to recycling programs was surveyed in the questionnaire. The
results from the waste auditing were presented in the graph bar for comparison
between the two months changes. Statistical analyses (Chi-square test) had been done
on the selected response from the questionnaire by using SPSS. Only the genders
variable in both study area showed the significance value (p <0.05) with the level of
understanding and implementation. Others independents showed insignificant value
(p >0.05) with level of understanding. Some factors that may influence the program
had been identified included student's attitude and behaviours, lack of enforcement,
no consistency promotion of programs and some weakness of the provided containers.
Hence, suggestions to improve the programs such as organizing more attractive
programs provided more durable containers and strengthen the enforcement. As
conclusion, the recycling program was less effective implemented in UMS and
necessary step is needed to improve it. |
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