Paper Title :The Influence of Demographic Factors on Waste Prevention Behaviour: A Cases Study in an Urban Area of Malaysia
Author :Wong Seng Yue
Article Citation :Wong Seng Yue ,
(2017 ) " The Influence of Demographic Factors on Waste Prevention Behaviour: A Cases Study in an Urban Area of Malaysia " ,
International Journal of Management and Applied Science (IJMAS) ,
pp. 7-11,
Volume-3,Issue-7
Abstract : Public management and municipalities are facing a challenging task – to harmonize a sustainable
urban development which is taking into account the need of opportunities and environment, where offering
people in the city the best living environment. Sustainable household waste management has become a vital
concern for local and national authorities around the world. Although government has carried out tremendous
campaigns to encourage recycling solid waste, there is merely two percent of solid waste that generated in
Malaysia was recycled. This study is aimed to investigate people waste prevention behaviour (WPB) via a case
study at an urban area and examine the influence of the demographic factors, age, gender, ethnicity, religion,
marital status and education level on WPB among them. There are 225 respondents are randomly chosen to
participate the survey via online questionnaires. Findings from the study revealed that the practising rate among
respondents for 18 items in WPB are still lower, with the highest rate, 45% for “My bag”. Despite of these, this
study also has shown that no significant influence between demographic factors and WPB. This study has
gained deeper insights into WPB among local peoples to encourage sustainable and efficient waste management.
Keywords- Demographic factors, Waste Prevention Behaviour (WPB), Waste management
Type : Research paper
Published : Volume-3,Issue-7
DOIONLINE NO - IJMAS-IRAJ-DOIONLINE-8662
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