The knowledge, awareness, attitude and motivational analysis of plastic waste and household perspective in Malaysia

The focus of this study is to analyze the level of knowledge, awareness, and attitude toward plastic waste and to distinguish the key drivers that encourage the households in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to participate in “ No plastic campaign”. This study used the logistic regression model to explain th...

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Main Authors:	Rafia, Afroz, Rahman, Mohammed Ataur, Masud, Muhammad Mehedi Ehedi, Akhtar, Rulia
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Published:	Springer Science + Business Media 2017
Subjects:	HB Economic Theory
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spelling	iium-529662017-12-18T06:15:46Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/52966/ The knowledge, awareness, attitude and motivational analysis of plastic waste and household perspective in Malaysia Rafia, Afroz Rahman, Mohammed Ataur Masud, Muhammad Mehedi Ehedi Akhtar, Rulia HB Economic Theory The focus of this study is to analyze the level of knowledge, awareness, and attitude toward plastic waste and to distinguish the key drivers that encourage the households in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to participate in “ No plastic campaign”. This study used the logistic regression model to explain the factors that may affect the willingness to participate (WTP) of households in the campaign. In this study, it is found that 35 % of households are willing to participate in the campaign. The results of the study also indicate that people who are more informed and more convinced of their knowledge have a more positive attitude toward recycling than their counterparts do. Furthermore, this study provides additional evidence of the level and classification of importance of motivating factors for plastic recycling, using the modified aver- age and coefficient of variation of the models. From the analysis, the factor “helps reduce landfill use” is found as the most important factor and the factor of Braising money for charity^ is found as the least important factor that motivates house- holds to participate in recycling. The determinations of the study suggest some strategies that could hold implications for government and households to boost them to participate in the campaign “No Plastic Bag”. Springer Science + Business Media 2017-01-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/52966/1/52966_The%20knowledge%2C%20awareness_text.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/52966/2/52966_The%20knowledge%2C%20awareness_WOS.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/52966/3/52966_The%20knowledge%2C%20awareness_SCOPUS.pdf Rafia, Afroz and Rahman, Mohammed Ataur and Masud, Muhammad Mehedi Ehedi and Akhtar, Rulia (2017) The knowledge, awareness, attitude and motivational analysis of plastic waste and household perspective in Malaysia. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 24 (3). pp. 2304-2315. ISSN 0944-1344 E-ISSN 1614-7499 http://ink.springer.com/journal/11356 10.1007/s11356-016-7942-0
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spellingShingle	HB Economic Theory Rafia, Afroz Rahman, Mohammed Ataur Masud, Muhammad Mehedi Ehedi Akhtar, Rulia The knowledge, awareness, attitude and motivational analysis of plastic waste and household perspective in Malaysia
description	The focus of this study is to analyze the level of knowledge, awareness, and attitude toward plastic waste and to distinguish the key drivers that encourage the households in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to participate in “ No plastic campaign”. This study used the logistic regression model to explain the factors that may affect the willingness to participate (WTP) of households in the campaign. In this study, it is found that 35 % of households are willing to participate in the campaign. The results of the study also indicate that people who are more informed and more convinced of their knowledge have a more positive attitude toward recycling than their counterparts do. Furthermore, this study provides additional evidence of the level and classification of importance of motivating factors for plastic recycling, using the modified aver- age and coefficient of variation of the models. From the analysis, the factor “helps reduce landfill use” is found as the most important factor and the factor of Braising money for charity^ is found as the least important factor that motivates house- holds to participate in recycling. The determinations of the study suggest some strategies that could hold implications for government and households to boost them to participate in the campaign “No Plastic Bag”.
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title	The knowledge, awareness, attitude and motivational analysis of plastic waste and household perspective in Malaysia
title_short	The knowledge, awareness, attitude and motivational analysis of plastic waste and household perspective in Malaysia
title_full	The knowledge, awareness, attitude and motivational analysis of plastic waste and household perspective in Malaysia
title_fullStr	The knowledge, awareness, attitude and motivational analysis of plastic waste and household perspective in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	The knowledge, awareness, attitude and motivational analysis of plastic waste and household perspective in Malaysia
title_sort	knowledge, awareness, attitude and motivational analysis of plastic waste and household perspective in malaysia
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The knowledge, awareness, attitude and motivational analysis of plastic waste and household perspective in Malaysia

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