Monitoring environmental burden reduction from household waste prevention

Matsuda, Takeshi; Hirai, Yasuhiro; Asari, Misuzu; Yano, Junya; Miura, Takahiro; Ryota,; Sakai, Shin-ichi

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2017.10.014

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“…The combined effects of rapid development, industrialization, and urbanization have engendered a dramatic rise in consumer products, thus paving the way for waste generation in the global ecological system (Matsuda et al, 2018 ; Wang et al, 2019 ). Globally, 1.3 billion tons of solid waste are generated, of which two-thirds, which are largely urban generated, are household sourced (Ikhlayel et al, 2016 ).…”

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Unearthing mask waste separation behavior in COVID-19 pandemic period: An empirical evidence from Ghana using an integrated theory of planned behavior and norm activation model

Arkorful

Lugu²,

Zhao

2021

Curr Psychol

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Unearthing mask waste separation behavior in COVID-19 pandemic period: An empirical evidence from Ghana using an integrated theory of planned behavior and norm activation model

Arkorful

Lugu²,

Zhao

2021

Curr Psychol

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“…Regardless of what preventive measures, reuse or recycling can be realized by the society, landfills will always play a role in the WM system. Furthermore, globally, and even in EU countries, landfill rates are still high; meanwhile, waste prevention and recycling rates are too low [89][90][91][92][93][94]. Many authors agreed that waste reducing, reusing and recycling (3R) behaviors have been a widely accepted WM strategy [89][90][91][92][93][94].…”

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Landfill Impacts on the Environment—Review

2019

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Waste management (WM) is a demanding undertaking in all countries, with important implications for human health, environmental preservation, sustainability and circular economy. The method of sanitary landfilling for final disposal of waste remains a generally accepted and used method but the available scientific evidence on the waste-related environmental and health effects is not conclusive. Comparative studies of various WM methods (landfilling, incineration, composting etc.) show that among the municipal solid waste (MSW) treatment and disposal technological options, sanitary landfilling or open dumping is popular in most countries because of the relative low cost and low-technical requirement. The European Union (EU) Directive on waste landfills has introduced specific goals for reducing the volume of disposed waste and very strict requirements for landfilling and landfill sites. Evaluation of the impact of landfills on the environment is a crucial topic in the literature and has received increased attention recently, given growing environmental concerns. The main goal of this survey was to conduct a comprehensive assessment of possible impacts of MSW landfills on the environment. The main conclusion of the overall assessment of the literature is that the disposal of MSW in landfills entails a number of environmental risks but with respect to the current situation and rich style of living adopted in industrially developed countries, the idea of WM systems functioning without landfilling—at least in the foreseeable future within one generation—seems to be somewhat unreal. The results also provided important information of landfills as a source of environmental risk. Results of this research may have an important impact on landfill management and the disposal of waste. From the literature review, it is evident that even if high levels of waste avoidance, reuse and recycling are achieved, some waste materials will always need to be forwarded for disposal.

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“…Additionally, waste disposal without effective sorting can lead to underground water and soil damage, as well as disruption to the eco-system balance. Similarly, waste incineration without proper segregation threatens human health by polluting the air [ 7 ].…”

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Understanding the Effect of Internal and External Factors on Households’ Willingness to Sort Waste in Dammam City, Saudi Arabia

Ibrahim

Manaf

Sharaai

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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The acceleration of growth in the population in Saudi Arabia and the increase in municipal solid waste generation have caused a problem in Dammam city: an increase in solid waste production. Therefore, solid waste sorting is an important practice of municipal solid waste management. The main objectives in this research are understanding the effect of internal and external factors on household willingness in sorting waste in Dammam city and studying the attempts to construct a theoretical research model by adding market incentives, government facilitators, and awareness into the popular planned behaviour theory to explain residents’ waste sorting intentions. The data collection and analysis are based on the questionnaire study, which is based on the questionnaire survey data from 450 households in Dammam. This study revealed that social influence significantly predicts households’ willingness to sort and recycle, that is, to promote recycling. Additionally, the variable social influence has a significant but low influence on households’ willingness to sort and recycle. The result of the structural equation model shows that perceived behavioural control significantly predicts households’ willingness to sort and recycle waste. This finding is consistent with the theoretical expectation. Therefore, this research shows that attitude, social influence, perceived behavioural control, market incentives, government facilitators and awareness positively and significantly affect residents’ waste sorting intentions. Additionally, this research corroborates the discrepancy between internal and external variables.

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Monitoring environmental burden reduction from household waste prevention

Cited by 29 publications

References 22 publications

Unearthing mask waste separation behavior in COVID-19 pandemic period: An empirical evidence from Ghana using an integrated theory of planned behavior and norm activation model

Unearthing mask waste separation behavior in COVID-19 pandemic period: An empirical evidence from Ghana using an integrated theory of planned behavior and norm activation model

Landfill Impacts on the Environment—Review

Understanding the Effect of Internal and External Factors on Households’ Willingness to Sort Waste in Dammam City, Saudi Arabia

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