Examining the Moderating Role of Perceived Lack of Facilitating Conditions on Household Recycling Intention in Kano, Nigeria

Muhammad Khalil,Aliyu Nabegu,Sabrina Abdullah,Amir Sharaai,Latifah Abd Manaf

doi:10.3390/recycling2040018

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https://doi.org/10.3390/recycling2040018

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Improper handling of household solid waste causes problems that affect public health and the environment, as well as the aesthetic nature of cities. This paper aims to determine if the theory of planned behavior (TPB), and its extended version can be used to predict household recycling intention (RI), and whether perceived lack of facilitating conditions have a moderating role on households’ RI in Nigeria. Data from a sample of 393 households from Kano metropolis Nigeria were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The result reveals that the TPB Model predicts households RI in Nigeria and explains 42% of the variance in RI. Attitude is the most important predictor of RI in the TPB model (β = 0.593, p = 0.000). However, after personal norm (PN) was added into the model, the variance in RI increases to 58% and PN becomes the most important predictor of RI in the extended TPB model (β = 0.496, p = 0.000). Perceived lack of facilitating condition was found to have a significant moderating effect on households’ RI. Finally, our findings show that providing households with recycling facilities and local collections holds great promise for improving households’ intention to recycle.

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Municipal solid waste management (MSWM) is becoming more complex and difficult to manage, especially in developing countries
The extended theory of planned behavior (TPB) model provides a better explanation of households recycling intention
This is evident as perceived lack of facilitating conditions appeared to have a significant effect on households’ intention to recycle

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Municipal solid waste management (MSWM) is becoming more complex and difficult to manage, especially in developing countries. Household solid waste (HSW) refers to the garbage produced as a result of day-to-day activities of the household [2]. HSW is one of the major issues facing cities in developing countries [4] such as Nigeria. In Nigeria, households’ attitude towards waste handling has been a key concern, which leads to many health and environmental problems [5]. Reckless dumping of waste into the drainages and, on any available land has resulted in problems such as environmental degradation, flooding, air and water pollution, etc. Solid waste is seen in most parts of the cities; on Recycling 2017, 2, 18; doi:10.3390/recycling2040018 www.mdpi.com/journal/recycling

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