Management Of Waste Materials Research Articles

Sustainable and multifunctional polyurethane green composites with renewable materials

AbstractPolyurethane materials are characterised by an ever-expanding range of application possibilities due to their versatility. Currently, the management of leftovers as well as post-production and post-consumer waste for the production of biocomposites is one of the most obvious, effective and profitable solutions. Due to the renewable nature of biofillers such as cellulose, lignin, and chitin, their use to obtain composite polyurethane elastomers is a real perspective for the dissemination of more environmentally friendly materials and, at the same time, contributes to additional economic profit. The key aspect for further development of the polyurethane/biopolymer biocomposite concept is to fulfil of a number of currently functioning industry standards, mainly those regarding functional properties. In the presented research, an attempt to obtain advanced polyurethane elastomers with the addition of biopolymers (cellulose, lignin, and chitin) was conducted for the first time. The innovative biocomposites obtained in this way were characterised by good processing parameters (processing times, density) and improved functional properties compared to the standard without the addition of fillers (abrasion resistance, tensile strength, contact angle, hardness). Due to the above-mentioned facts, the described biocomposites can be successfully used for the production of multifunctional elastomeric materials with a wide range of potential applications. Moreover, it is worth noting that the management of waste materials in this way will reduce production costs while indirectly contributing to the protection of the natural environment. Graphical abstract

MEDICAL WASTE DETECTION AND SEGREGATION USING ROBOTIC ARM

In the present world, the amount of waste material in hospitals and other commercial places is increasing. A large number of laborer’s should be allotted for waste material segregation and collection. A huge amount of money needs to be spent on the equipment and salaries of the workers. The proper management of medical waste materials is critical for the sustainability of any modern city. Medical waste is very dangerous as it can give birth to serious diseases; therefore, It is a problem of global nature. Biomedical waste consists of human tissues, medicine, needles, masks, scraps, etc. In this project, we are proposing a robotic arm to segregate medical waste. The robotic arm identifies three objects (a medicine bottle, scissors, and knife). The segregation of medical waste materials is done by using the concepts of machine learning, image processing, and deep learning. The sorting and segregation of medical waste can be done using this arm, so physical contact with the waste materials can be avoided. And the number of workers in the hospital could be reduced. The waste materials that need to be segregated should be placed in a container at the arm’s base. A camera will be placed in front of the container. The camera will identify the components, and the information will be passed to the system. Here, we use a laptop as the brain of the robotic arm. Then the robotic arm will take the waste material which will be segregated into the respective containers. The arm will be trained in such a way that the scissors will be segregated at an angle of 30 degree right, the samples will be placed 90 degrees and the medicine bottle will be segregated at an angle of 120 degree left and knife at 180 degrees left. The position of the segregated baskets will be identified by the robotic arm by the angle measurements. The robotic arm is a hardware and software system based on image processing using machine learning and deep learning for the execution of the model we use. Keywords— Machine learning and deep learning

Utilizing Waste Materials to Enhance Crop Production: A Review

Waste management is a crucial aspect of modern societies, encompassing various activities to ensure the safe and effective disposal of waste materials. It can be classified as hazardous waste, electronic trash (e-waste), industrial waste, and municipal solid waste (MSW). Sustainable waste management practices aim to reduce environmental impact while protecting public health. Urbanization leads to increased residential water consumption, however reusing wastewater for non-potable applications like agriculture can be cost-effective. The overall costs of delivering wastewater for agricultural reuse, including treatment, storage, and transportation, are less the total costs of safe environmental disposal alternatives. Drainage may also be a source of macronutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium), which reduces the cost of wastewater for agricultural reuse. The adoption of these principles could lead to a 48% reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. The management of hazardous waste, including toxic, flammable, corrosive, or reactive materials, is also a significant concern. In order to safeguard public health and stop the spread of infectious illnesses, animal manure management is crucial. The global generation of construction and demolition waste is expected to double by 2025, with the majority generated in Asia. Sustainable waste management practices are necessary to ensure public health and the environment.

Utilizing Wheel Washing Machine Sludge as a Cement Substitute in Repair Mortar: An Experimental Investigation into Material Characteristics.

The construction industry strives for sustainable solutions to tackle environmental challenges and optimize resource use. One such focus area is the management of industrial byproducts and waste materials, including fugitive dust control through wheel washers. While wheel washers play a pivotal role in dust management, they generate a challenging byproduct known as wheel washer sludge (WWS). The disposal of WWS is complicated due to its composition and potential hazards. Recent research explores reusing WWS in construction materials, particularly in repair mortar, aiming for sustainability and circular economy principles. This study investigates the incorporation of WWS into repair mortar formulations, evaluating mechanical properties, durability, and environmental implications. Results show that WWS enhances workability but prolongs setting time. Mechanical strength tests reveal improvements with WWS addition, especially when pretreated. Water absorption rates decrease with pretreated WWS, indicating enhanced durability. Chemical attack tests demonstrate resistance to carbonation and chloride penetration, especially with modified WWS. Freeze-thaw tests reveal improved resistance with WWS addition, particularly modified. Microstructure analysis confirms hydration products and denser matrices with WWS inclusion. Environmental hazard analysis shows WWS contains no harmful heavy metals, indicating its suitability for use in repairs. Overall, this study highlights the technical feasibility and environmental benefits of incorporating WWS into repair mortar, contributing to sustainable construction practices.

Cement Mortars Based on Polyamide Waste Modified with Fly Ash from Biomass Combustion—A New Material for Sustainable Construction

The article presents an analysis of the possibility of using the waste of polyamide 6 modified with fly ash (in the amount of 5, 10 and 15%) from the burning of wood–palm kernel shells biomass as an addition to cement mortar. Fly ash from the burning of biomass in a circulating fluidized bed boiler (which currently has no practical use) was first used to produce polyamide 6, and then post-production polymer waste (added at 20, 40 and 60%) was used to produce ecological mortar. The use of this type of waste is both economically profitable and desirable due to the need to implement waste material management processes in a closed circuit. The addition of polyamide 6 waste containing 5% fly ash in amounts of 20 and 40% and waste containing 10% ash in 20% to cement mortars improves their mechanical properties. The compressive strength of cement mortars (after 28 days of maturation) containing 20 and 40% of polyamide waste containing 5% fly ash increases by 6.6 and 4.6%, respectively, and the flexural strength by 4.9 and 3.4% compared to the control mortars. However, the compressive strength of mortars with the addition of 20% polyamide waste containing 10% fly ash increases by 4.2% and the flexural strength by 3.7%. Cement mortars modified with waste are characterized by slightly lower water absorption and mechanical strength after the freezing–thawing process (frost resistance) compared to control mortars and do not have an adverse effect on the environment in terms of leaching metal ions.

Incomplete sulfide oxidation under sub-oxic conditions: Rates and aqueous sulfur speciation

The oxidative dissolution of sulfide minerals consumes oxygen and can generate redox gradients in mine wastes that affect the mobility of redox-sensitive solutes. However, the controls of oxygen depletion on sulfide reactivity and sulfur mobilization remain poorly constrained, complicating the long-term assessment of drainage quality dynamics. We investigated pyrite and Fe-rich sphalerite weathering using aqueous S speciation and quantitative mineralogical analyses under controlled, ambient versus sub-oxic, conditions at 6 < pH < 9. Titration assays revealed that oxidation rates for pyrite (up to 10−10 mol m−2 s−1) were higher than for sphalerite (up to 10−11 mol m−2 s−1) and, for both minerals, decreased by two orders-of-magnitude under sub-oxic (<50 ppm O2) conditions. Precipitation of secondary S-bearing minerals was restricted to elemental S, with no sulfate- or thiosulfate-salts detectable >0.01 wt%. Sulfate was the dominant aqueous S species produced in all experiments, but significant amounts of thiosulfate, tetrathionate, and sulfite were also found. These dissolved intermediate S species were abundant under both sub-oxic and oxic conditions, and broadly in line with known sulfide oxidation mechanisms, even though the weathering of pyrite produced several factors less incompletely oxidized S than that of sphalerite, under otherwise comparable conditions. This work shows that a range of intermediate S species may be produced even in low-reactivity conditions and may help optimize the management of such mine waste materials.

Community Perceptions on Health and Environmental Implications of Poor Management of Solid Waste Materials around local Dump Sites in the Buea Municipality, Cameroon

Numerous urban areas are today faced with many challenges posed by poor waste management and disposal especially in the developing countries. Analogously, these challenges are faced by urban dwellers in the Buea Municipality. The study aims at assessing the health and environmental implications of poor waste management in the Buea Municipality. It is an observatory and interrogatory study with a cross-sectional research design and dealing with 250 household dwellers selected through the simple random sampling technique. Primary data were obtained through questionnaires, interview guides, and field observations, supplemented with secondary data from magazines and published articles. Data collected were added codes and themes and inputted on Excel Version 17 and SPSS Version 13. Descriptive and inferential statistical techniques were adopted to establish percentiles, frequencies and magnitudes. Findings revealed that the siege population in the Buea municipality lacks adequate waste management facilities and this has pushed a significant proportion of them to always dump their waste materials generated from their booming domestic and economic activities into drainage channels, roadsides, and pits. The poor management of these waste materials has resulted to the occurrence of water and airborne diseases such as diarrhea, dysentery, cholera and typhoid fever affecting the population. Portable water sources and homes are also polluted by effluence from these waste dump sites. Urban dwellers adapt by boiling water from contaminated sources and cleaning up of nearby dirty gutters but their efforts are unfruitful. The work concludes that the Buea Municipality offers perennial and inter-generational opportunities to its population and recommends that holistic and bottom-top approaches such as daily clean-up campaigns; provision of trash-cans as well as the sensitization of the general community must be implemented in order to provide a congenial environment for the population.

Green synthesis of chitin/lignin based-polyurethane composites

Polyurethanes (PU) are still among the most promising high-performance materials in industrial applications. Nevertheless, the development of sustainable and efficient materials is an ongoing challenge for the plastics industry. In recent years there has been growing interest in utilizing natural materials such as chitin and lignin as additives in polyurethane foam production. This study focuses on the utilization of sustainable chitin–lignin filler for polyurethanes with the aim of producing sustainable, cost-effective, and efficient foam materials. A chitin–lignin filler was prepared using a mechanochemical approach, and flexible polyurethane foams (FPUFs) were synthesized with varying amounts of chitin–lignin additive. The resulting foams were characterized using various analytical techniques, including scanning electron microscopy, compression testing, tensile strength analysis, and measurements of surface free energy and contact angle. Possible interactions between the filler and PU were analyzed by means of FTIR spectroscopy. The results show that the addition of chitin–lignin filler improved the mechanical properties (in comparison to pristine chitin and lignin as filler), with a significant reduction in the compression set of the polyurethane foams, a crucial property in the production of seat foams. Synergy was observed between chitin–lignin filler in PU foam. Overall, the study demonstrates the potential of chitin–lignin as a sustainable and efficient natural filler that can be effectively applied on the industrial scale. The combination of these two biopolymers led to a polyurethane composite with better mechanical properties. Additionally, the use of biopolymers (chitin and lignin) as a filler for FPUFs is one of the options for the management of waste materials, which is in line with the idea of sustainable production.

Identifying the Initiatives of Construction Waste Management in Malaysia towards achieving Sustainable Construction

Construction waste management is not a new topic in the construction industry. It involves the management of waste material arising from construction, renovation, and demolition activities as such concrete, timber, steel, and plastics products. The poor construction waste management practice has led to failure to ensure sustainability in construction by increasing environmental impacts and illegal dumping. Hence, with proper construction waste management techniques and processes, the notion of sustainable construction can easily be achieved. The aim of this study is to identify the initiatives for construction waste management toward sustainable construction. The study adopted a quantitative method of questionnaires survey distributed to 118 numbers of Grade 7 Contractors in Pahang. The professional teams in the company provide their responses in regard to waste management initiatives taken by them. The findings revealed several initiatives taken by contractors in helping to move towards sustainable construction in Pahang as such strengthening the policies in government agencies regarding waste management and compliance with the law to the general legislative structure. This study contributes to increasing the effectiveness of managing construction waste, particularly for contractor companies who are major involved during the construction process.

Analyze the Effect of Waste Materials and Material Management with Lean Construction to Improve Project Cost Performance

The purpose of this study is to measure how significant the influence of material management owned by the project team has an impact on the implementation of project financial performance. Research on stakeholder interaction analysis is designed based on its objectives, including explanatory research. The results showed that the application of the Lean Construction approach in material management can have a significant impact on improving project cost performance. Reducing material waste through the identification and elimination of waste provides the potential for significant cost savings. In addition, the use of effective material management strategies, such as reliable supplier selection, good inventory control, and proper coordination between project teams, also contributes to cost efficiency. In conclusion, material management has a significant influence on project financial performance directly with the lean construction process.

Influence of Die Land Length on the Maximum Extrusion Force and Dry Ice Pellets Density in Ram Extrusion Process.

The management of waste materials, particularly non-biodegradable substances such as plastics and composites, is an increasingly pressing issue. Energy efficiency in industrial processes is crucial throughout their life cycle, including the handling of materials such as carbon dioxide (CO2), which has a significant environmental impact. This study focuses on the conversion of solid CO2 into pellets using ram extrusion, a widely used technique. The length of the die land (DL) in this process plays a critical role in determining the maximum extrusion force and the density of dry ice pellets. However, the influence of DL length on the characteristics of dry ice snow, known as compressed carbon dioxide (CCD), remains understudied. To address this research gap, the authors conducted experimental trials using a customized ram extrusion setup, varying the DL length while keeping the other parameters constant. The results demonstrate a substantial correlation between DL length and both the maximum extrusion force and dry ice pellets density. Increasing the DL length leads to a decreased extrusion force and optimized pellet density. These findings provide valuable insights for optimizing the ram extrusion process of dry ice pellets and improving waste management, energy efficiency, and product quality in industries utilizing this technique.

A Study and Analysis on Waste Fires in India and Their Corresponding Impacts on Environment and Human Health

Waste fires are one of the biggest problems in India that cause various problems to the environment and human health. This article thoroughly investigates the negative impacts of waste fires on the environment, public health, and the economy and emphasizes the need for sustainable waste management practices, investment in waste management infrastructure, and stricter fire safety regulations by taking India as a study base. Education and waste management awareness programs are also important tools for promoting behavior change and achieving cost savings. The implications of waste management policies and practices in India and other developing countries are also discussed, including the need to promote sustainable waste management practices, enhance fire safety measures, encourage public participation, and strengthen regulatory frameworks. Overall, this research highlights the importance of addressing waste fires and promoting sustainable waste management practices for achieving a safer, healthier, and more sustainable society. The possible solution for the issue of waste management and waste fires in India has been discussed widely in this article to provide an overview for appropriate management of waste materials.

A study on the integrated implementation of supplementary cementitious material and coarse aggregate for sustainable concrete

This paper presents the investigation of energy efficacy, strength maturation, and environmental management of palm oil industrial waste materials, such as palm oil fuel ash (POFA) and oil palm shell (OPS). The industrial by-product POFA was used as partial, and the agro-based waste material OPS was employed as an absolute replacement of ordinary portland cement (OPC) and conventional natural coarse aggregate, respectively, in manufacturing sustainable lightweight concrete. The fresh concrete properties (workability and density), ultrasonic pulse velocity (UPV), compressive strength, water absorption, residual strength, thermal conductivity, and microstructural analysis have been investigated and reported. Four different concrete mixes with densities ranging from 1610 kg/m3 to 1935 kg/m3 were produced by replacing the OPC with POFA by a weight proportion of 0%, 10%, 30%, and 50%. Maximum compressive strength of 42.8 MPa was found at 365-day for 10% POFA based oil palm shell concrete (OPSC). The samples were exposed to selected peak temperatures (400 °C) to determine the residual strength at 28-, 56-, 90-, and 365-day. The UPV and compressive strength tests were performed for both heated and normal samples. The energy-saving status for POFA based OPSC was investigated by performing the thermal conductivity test at 365-day. The thermal conductivity of POFA based OPSC exerted lower values compared to that without POFA. The microstructure with the phase of developed fibrous C–S–H and pores inside the concrete were characterized and analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images. The largest micro-cracks between coarse aggregates and cement paste were found in concretes containing 50% POFA, and the smallest one was for 10% POFA based OPSC. Considering the optimization in terms of compressive strength, thermal conductivity, residual compressive strength, and microstructural analysis, it is recommended that the inclusion of POFA in OPSC can be considered a structural grade concrete along with the thermal insulation.

Conservation of waste melon shell and fly ash utilized as reinforcements for aluminum alloy matrix in terrestrial ecosystem acquired green hybrid composites

AbstractNowadays, the environmental ecosystem is protected and maintains sustainability for waste material management like agriculture product end waste and industrial waste. The main scope of this research is to gather the agriculture end product of melon shell ash waste and industrial fly ash waste utilized as organic reinforcements for making a lightweight with superior strength green hybrid composite for fourth‐generation terrestrial ecosystem applications. The various volume percentage of waste melon shell ash and fly ash are governed by the ratio of 0:0, 1:4, 2:4, 3:4, and 4:4, respectively. The green aluminum alloy (Al6061) hybrid composite is synthesized via a semi‐solid stir technique. The developed green hybrid composites are subjected to physical and mechanical studies followed by ASTM standards. The developed composite contained a 4:4 ratio of melon and fly ash and found a light weight of 2.75 ± 0.11 g/cc with improved tensile strength and hardness percentages of 8.35% and 21.38% compared to cast aluminum alloy. This research may help basic knowledge for future investigations on modern green composite manufacturing via agricultural and industrial wastage.

Utilization of recycled refractory brick as fine aggregate on various properties of sustainable concrete

One of the leading global concerns of modern time is industrial waste management, particularly in major cities lacking dumpsites. Brick waste is a non-biodegradable waste with a prolonged disintegration process, recycling it a difficult operation. The processing and management of waste materials are causing enormous hazards across the world. Due to rising demand in construction industry, lack of natural depositories are knockingsince aggregates regulate the maximum proportion of concrete structures, and plentyresearches are carried outon reuse of waste materials to developsustainable concrete. A comprehensive experimental investigation has been implemented in this study regarding the utilization of recycled refractory bricks (RRB) by crushing into the form of fine aggregate (FA). Eight concrete mixes are prepared with 0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 70, and 100% replacement level of FA by RRB. Fulfilling casting and de-molding, the specimens have been cured for 7 and 28 days. Then the physico-mechanical parameters including compressive strength (CS) by both destructive and non-destructive method, split tensile strength (STS), and weight variation have been studied. Rare existing literature is found where both destructive and non-destructive compressive strength is evaluated and compared with concrete incorporating RRB. The experimental findings indicated that RRB enhanced compressive behavior for all specimens where as 10% and 20% replacement specimens outperforming all other concrete specimens. For split tensile strength, 10–30% replacement level provided better performance, whereas 10% one presented optimum. Accuracy prediction of CS by non-destructive test (NDT) also meets the expectations for all types of concrete specimens and according to BIS specification the Rebound CS values are within ± 25% of the destructive CS.The higher replaced specimens have less notable split tensile behavior. RRB aggregate influences weight variation on the concrete specimens. Ultimately, practical implementation ofRRB upto 30% substitution of FA in concrete noted as feasible.

Relevance of Environmental Factors in the Steel Life Cycle for a Transition toward Circular Sustainable Production and Consumption Systems: A Joint Bibliometric and Bibliographic Analysis

The design of steel structures has evolved thanks to the increased ability to model the behavior of more complex structures. However, further constraints arise from the need for a transition toward more sustainable production and consumption systems. In particular, the assessment of the economic benefits and efficiency of existing production systems should be integrated with assessment of environmental, economic and social sustainability. In the case of steel, and limited to the environmental dimension, the literature covers various study areas, ranging from the analysis of resource flows to the assessment of steel’s environmental impacts. However, an integrated view of existing peer-reviewed studies is currently missing. The purpose of this work is to overcome this shortcoming with a review that considers and integrates research on the steel life cycle from various perspectives: analysis of material flows; quantification of emissions; environmental monitoring and indicators; and circular economy aspects, including reuse and recycling. This study is based on a deep bibliometric and bibliographical analysis of the above-cited aspects, including the key topics, authors and journals, to single out some potential research directions that have previously been neglected. The results of the analyses indicate that, even though discussed in the literature, the redesign of products is still lacking adequate consideration. The same gap was also evidenced when it came to studies on the management of waste materials and recommissioning. There is also still a lack of knowledge on the possible meaningful indicators of environmental sustainability in the case of steel. Moreover, while digital technologies that enable sustainability are being intensely developed and widely implemented, the design, testing and application of sensors for the environmental monitoring of steel production is under-studied and the interaction of environmental factors with steel structures is poorly addressed. Finally, this work evidenced poor attention with respect to water and soil pollution generated in different phases of the steel life cycle. All these aspects should be considered in future research, which would also have a beneficial effect in the implementation of informed policies for a transition toward a circular and sustainable steel life cycle.

Instilling Character Education Caring for the Environment Through The Bring Your Tumbler Goes To School Movement

Indonesia became a plastic waste emergency country, conveyed by Deputy IV of the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and the Director General of Waste, Waste and Toxic Materials Management of Self-Defense (PSLB3) of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry in Kominfo.go.id. More than 100,000 animals per year die from plastic waste. The problem of plastic waste in the open environment should be everyone's concern because it has a significant impact on environmental change. School education patterns move and develop in accordance with the development of science and technology which not only teaches cognitive aspects (knowledge) but also affective aspects (attitudes) and psychomotor aspects (behavior / habits). With regard to affective attitudes, the government has established character education. One of the characters developed is to care for the environment. The character of caring for the environment is oriented to preserve the environment in everyday life by showing concern by preventing damage and acting continuously in an effort to repair the damage that has been done to nature and the environment. This research was written with a qualitative descriptive type of writing. Data collection techniques used literature review techniques. Data analysis was carried out by comparing the quintessence of the reading source. The implementation of environmental character education is to provide habituation to be able to reduce the use of plastic waste in schools with the Bring Your Tumbler Goes to School movement.

Artificial Intelligence with Earthworm Optimization Assisted Waste Management System for Smart Cities

&lt;p&gt;In recent days, massive quantity of waste materials gets considerable increased with increasing population. Proper management of waste materials becomes essential to reduce environmental degradation and improve quality of life in smart cities. Waste management helps to collect and treat waste materials from society. Smart waste management is a new frontier for local authorities assisting in reducing municipal solid waste and improving community recycling rate. Appropriate classification of waste objects necessitates the design of automated waste classification models based on artificial intelligence (AI) and computer vision (CV) based approaches. With this motivation, in this study, an automated artificial intelligence with earth worm optimization assisted waste management and classification (AIEWO-WMC) model is proposed for smart city environment. The proposed technique intends to recognize and categorize waste objects using the DL techniques. The proposed model primarily derives a RetinaNet based object detection module to identify the existence of waste objects in the images. To improve the classification performance, Adagrad optimizer is applied. Moreover, earthworm optimization with stacked autoencoder (SAE) algorithm is applied for the classification of waste objects. To assuring the improvised results of the AIEWO-WMC technique, comprehensive experimentation is performed on standard dataset and the obtained values indicated the supremacy of AIEWO-WMC model over the other techniques with increased accuracy of 99.15%.&lt;/p&gt;&#x0D;

A review on electric and electronic waste material management in 21st century

The main objective of this paper is to understand the concept of e-waste material management which is a big challenge to the environment in the 21st century. Rapid rise of electronics and IT Retail, gift customer culture, and increasing consumer spending of electronic products creates fateful consequences for the environment. E-waste materials are also dangerous when recycling due to its toxicity, many substances including some carcinogens. These issues and toxicity are due to the release of lead, mercury, cadmium, and metallic elements. In this article reported a brief comparison of how developing and developed countries deal with e-waste materials. Developed countries export this waste as follows: (i) Formal recycling (ii) donations to developing countries. Whereas in developing countries informal recycling takes place, majority of the e-waste materials are being dumped to the land & only a small portion of e-waste is went through proper recycling. There are various laws and guidelines in developed countries, but still, it is difficult to control e-waste materials. Current research focuses on usage and marketing effectiveness use of electronic waste materials in nature. Proper implication of laws should take place and awareness to people around the globe and serious actions must be taken care by the manufacturers.

Zero Waste Management Behavior: Conceptualization, Scale Development and Validation—A Case Study in Turkey

Due to increasing demand on earth sources in all areas, some materials have come under pressure for effective recovery and reuse. In this sense, the management of waste materials has become an important need for effective utilizations. In this regard, the waste management behaviour of individuals towards zero waste was studied using a scale and included pre-testing and administering a survey, and reducing the number of items with the determination of factors. The scale was evaluated using all necessary statistical measures. The IBM SPSS and IBM SPPS AMOS were utilized for confirmatory and expository factor analyses, respectively. It was found that the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient determined the reliability level of the improved scale, at 0.909, while the Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin coefficient was determined as 0.887. The Bartlett’s sphericity test result was found to be p &lt; 0.000. The test results clearly indicated that the sample size was adequate for the measurement of the construct and a patterned relationship among the items was detected. However, the reliability and validity of the developed scaled were confirmed by the goodness of fit indices used. It is important to note that education, profession, level of income, and place of residence significantly influenced the participants’ zero waste management behaviour, but the gender and age of the participants were not influential factors. By having these experimental results, it is suitable to suggest that a model consisting of three factors (knowledge, facilities, and motivation) was capable of measuring the waste management behaviour of people towards zero waste in Turkey.