Household waste behaviours among a community sample in Iran: An application of the theory of planned behaviour

Pakpour, Amir H.; Zeidi, Isa Mohammadi; Emamjomeh, Mohammad Mahdi; Asefzadeh, S; Pearson, Heidi C.

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2013.10.028

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“…This may be because older persons have more time to perform household waste reduction behaviors, or they have a greater desire to conserve resources for future generations. These results are similar to previous studies [24,42,47,48], which showed a positive relationship between age and household waste behavior. Younger age-groups showed a lower level of awareness, similar to a previous study [18].…”

Section: Difference Of Abstract Knowledge Among Different Socio-econosupporting

confidence: 92%

“…Several other studies have highlighted the waste management behavior of households in countries, such as UK [22,23], Iran [24], Malaysia [25], and Greece [26], using the framework of the theory of planned behavior, to understand the attitudes, subjective norms, intentions, and perceived behavioral controls of residents. A social survey conducted in Malaysia revealed that people have a positive intention in participating in source separation of food waste in the household, if they are given the knowledge, opportunities, and facilities needed regarding source separation [25].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A social survey conducted in Malaysia revealed that people have a positive intention in participating in source separation of food waste in the household, if they are given the knowledge, opportunities, and facilities needed regarding source separation [25]. A study in Iran indicated that educational material that targets moral obligation and action planning may be more effective in improving household waste reduction behavior [24]. A study done in the UK also suggests that a pro-recycling attitude is the major contributor to recycling behavior [22,23].…”

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Resident Knowledge and Willingness to Engage in Waste Management in Delhi, India

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Abstract:Delhi generates about 8360 tons of municipal solid waste per day, and there is low compliance to rules regarding waste management. The objective of this paper was to understand the situation in Delhi with respect to the segregation, storage, collection, and disposal of household waste, and to assess the knowledge of the residents of Delhi, and their willingness to engage in solid-waste management. A stratified random sample, comprising 3047 respondents, was chosen for a questionnaire survey, covering all municipalities of Delhi, with socio-economic classification as the stratifying variable. Survey results indicate that 60% of residents do not know the difference between biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste, and only 2% of them segregate waste. Fifty-eight percent of respondents reported that the waste collector mixes the segregated waste, 97% of respondents reported that they sold items to an itinerant waste buyer, and 87% of households are covered by doorstep waste collection services. Abstract knowledge (general knowledge about waste management) is seen to have a significant correlation with willingness to engage in waste management. Differences between the socio-economic groups indicate that the highest (most educated and wealthy), as well as the lowest socio-economic category (least educated and poor), older age-groups, and women, have greater abstract knowledge. Socio-economic categories having higher abstract knowledge can be active participants in decentralized models of waste management.

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Section: Difference Of Abstract Knowledge Among Different Socio-econosupporting

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Resident Knowledge and Willingness to Engage in Waste Management in Delhi, India

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“…It reviews an individual's perceived control over factors, such as development of information and skills, will power, time and convenience. In addition, the intention is a self-regulation approach that transforms righteous attitude or believes into action, which can be regarded as a post-intentional procedure that influences a deliberate action [1]. Besides, studies also show that an individual's intention can effectively influence the performance of behaviour [15].…”

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Understanding Household Waste Separation Behaviour: Testing the Roles of Moral, Past Experience, and Perceived Policy Effectiveness within the Theory of Planned Behaviour

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Due to the increasing waste generation over the years in China, there is an urgent need to addressing this major problem by implementing effective household waste separation programs. Although past studies have tried to explain the waste behaviour from social and psychological motivations, there is little understanding as to the impact of individual moral obligation and past experience on forming waste separating intention. The aim of this study is to investigate key determinants influencing household waste separation intention and behaviour. Based on the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) model, we designed a survey questionnaire by taking account of determinants including residents' attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioural control, moral obligation, past behaviour, and demographic factors, with the prediction of household waste separation behaviour in mind. After obtaining 628 valid questionnaires from households in the city of Hangzhou, the partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of each construct. The results indicate that subjective norms, perceived behavioural control, past behaviour and intention significantly predict household waste separation behaviour, with past behaviour being the most significant construct to predict individuals' intention and behaviour. Additional analysis on the moderating effect of different kinds of people in terms of their genders, ages, income levels and perceived policy effectiveness, to further evoke household waste separation behaviours is also discussed. The findings suggest insightful future policies that can focus on residents' habit formation by providing the convenient location of waste separation and collection facilities, encouraging market-driven recycling programs and traders, promoting community campaigns and education which help residents to form favourable habits for protecting the environment.

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“…Besides of government efforts, there are also some research had been conducted in order to help in reducing the number of waste generated in the country. For example study conducted by [11] which emphasis on benefit-cost analysis on the economic feasibility of construction waste minimisation, [14] which focuses on solid waste management and other research which focus on food waste separation [17,19,24,29]. Based on the literatures, it is noticed that there is less research had been conducted whether in Malaysia or other country on solid waste separation compare to industrial waste separation, food waste separation and household waste separation.…”

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Key Determinants of Waste Separation Intention among Students on Campus

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2016

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Abstract. This study aims to identify the key determinants of waste separation intention among the students in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). As reported in World Bank Report, generation of global municipal solid waste are approximately 1.3 billion tonnes per year, and it will increase approximately 2.2 billion tonnes per year by 2025. Similar trend in Malaysia which approximately eight million tonnes of municipal solid waste is produced daily. Upward trend of the solid waste generated is contributed by various forces including growth, increase of population, residents attitude and rapid urbanisation in the country. Considering the negative impacts from increase of waste generated in the country such as environmental degradation, separate the waste at its source can increase recycling rate and hence reduce waste generation. In the 11 th Malaysia Plan, the government has urged the nation to actively practice waste separation. Understanding the determinants influencing waste separation behaviour can lead to effective waste reduction among the targeted group. This study adopted the Theory of Planned Behaviour as the fundamental framework. The key determinants of waste separation behaviour are attitude, subjectives norm, and perceived behavioural control. An elicitation survey has been conducted to explore the students's beliefs relative to the waste separation behaviour. The empirical data collected were analysed using structural equation modelling (SEM) assisted by SmartPLS software. The result shows that only determinants are significant towards intention which are attitude and Perceived Behavioural Control while Subjective Norm is not. The results of the study is significance to the organisation as identification of the determinants that influence waste separation intention contributes to a more focused waste separation programme that allign to Malaysia's objective towards a sustainable developing country.

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Household waste behaviours among a community sample in Iran: An application of the theory of planned behaviour

Cited by 297 publications

References 41 publications

Resident Knowledge and Willingness to Engage in Waste Management in Delhi, India

Resident Knowledge and Willingness to Engage in Waste Management in Delhi, India

Understanding Household Waste Separation Behaviour: Testing the Roles of Moral, Past Experience, and Perceived Policy Effectiveness within the Theory of Planned Behaviour

Key Determinants of Waste Separation Intention among Students on Campus

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