Abstract
This study aims to identify the set of attributes to facilitate electronic waste (e-waste) behaviour among the community. E-waste disposal is increasing from year to year in parallel with increasing of global population. The short lifespan of electronics and poor e-waste recycling behaviour is among the main contributors to the steadily increasing of e-waste generated. Current recycling rate among the nation is lacking behind, which is only 10.5%. A questionnaire survey has been conducted among the students in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia to evaluate the current e-waste recycling practice. The results showed that majority of the respondents did not recycle their e-waste on campus. Aggressive efforts is needed to realize the country’s target of 20% recycling rate in year 2020, one of the effective paths is to minimize e-waste generation via active e-waste recycling behaviour among the community. Extensive literatures have been reviewed to classify the attributes to facilitate effective e-waste recycling among the community. Total of five attributes that identified in this study which are Convenience of E- waste Recycling Infrastruture and Services, E-waste Recycling Information, Incentives For E-waste Recycling, Reminder to Recycle E-waste And E-waste Recycling Infrastructure and Services. The set of attributes identified in this study may serve as guideline for the management in designing program to foster e-waste recycling behaviour among the community.
Highlights
Waste is among the most crucial problems facing by the world today
The results showed the awareness of ewaste management is still lacking seriously and in order to increase the awareness, they need to provide more information on e-waste management by teaching formally and informally and conducting seminars
A previous research conducted in selected residential area in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia found that recycling infrastructure is important attribute in fostering recycling behaviour [31]
Summary
Waste is among the most crucial problems facing by the world today. This is because the increasing of human population from day to day and the number of waste increase [1]. Even though this guidelines already established, but it do not give any information on how to manage the e-waste at the end of it lifespan [5]. In order to realising the e-waste recycling behaviour among the community, identification of the right attributes need to be identified. By identifying the right attributes to facilitate the community to recycle their ewaste, it can encourage people to recycle their e-waste. The aim of this study is to identify the attributes that encourage the e-waste recycling behaviour
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