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Examining the moderating role of perceived lack of facilitating conditions on household recycling intention in Kano, Nigeria


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Khalil, Muhammad Salisu and Abdullah, Sabrina Ho and Abd Manaf, Latifah and Sharaai, Amir Hamzah and Nabegu, Aliyu Baba (2017) Examining the moderating role of perceived lack of facilitating conditions on household recycling intention in Kano, Nigeria. Recycling, 2 (4). 0 - 22. ISSN 2313-4321

Abstract

Improper handling of household solid waste causes problems that affect public health and the environment, as well as the aesthetic nature of cities. This paper aims to determine if the theory of planned behavior (TPB), and its extended version can be used to predict household recycling intention (RI), and whether perceived lack of facilitating conditions have a moderating role on households’ RI in Nigeria. Data from a sample of 393 households from Kano metropolis Nigeria were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The result reveals that the TPB Model predicts households RI in Nigeria and explains 42% of the variance in RI. Attitude is the most important predictor of RI in the TPB model (β = 0.593, p = 0.000). However, after personal norm (PN) was added into the model, the variance in RI increases to 58% and PN becomes the most important predictor of RI in the extended TPB model (β = 0.496, p = 0.000). Perceived lack of facilitating condition was found to have a significant moderating effect on households’ RI. Finally, our findings show that providing households with recycling facilities and local collections holds great promise for improving households’ intention to recycle.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Environmental Studies
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.3390/recycling2040018
Publisher: M D P I AG
Keywords: Household recycling; Theory of planned behavior; Facilitating conditions; Solid waste management; Kano metropolis
Depositing User: Nurul Ainie Mokhtar
Date Deposited: 29 Jan 2019 03:26
Last Modified: 29 Jan 2019 03:26
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61806
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