Citation
Khalil, Muhammad Salisu
(2018)
An integrated model for explaining household recycling behavioural intention.
Doctoral thesis, Universiti Putra Malaysia.
Abstract
Globally, municipal solid waste generation is increasing rapidly and its management
is becoming more challenging. Kano metropolis faces numerous challenges
concerning solid waste management. Although more than 63% of the solid waste
generated comes from households, less than 2% of the waste generated is recycled
due to low public participation. Consequently, improper disposal of solid waste
without proper segregation and recycling causes littering of the city and blockage of
drainages, which leads to occurrence of flooding during rainy season. This explains
the annual outbreak of diseases such as cholera and malaria fever during the rainy
seasons and, the disgusting odour from the city areas where the waste accumulates
and decays. Recycling has been proposed as a key strategy through which a
sustainable solid waste management can be achieved due to its environmental and
economic benefits. However, low public participation has posed a serious challenge
to the recycling program. Previous studies and government’s recycling policies
focused on top-down approach, neglecting the bottom-up that ensures public
involvement. The aim of this study is to develop an integrated model for explaining
households’ recycling behavioural intention, using inductive theory building
approach (ITB). Data collected from Kano metropolis Nigeria were used to test the
integrated model. A multi-stage stratified sampling technique was used to select 393
participants for this study. The proposed integrated model was tested using statistical
analysis including descriptive, t-Test, and correlational analyses, and structural
equation modeling (SEM). The findings of the descriptive analysis revealed that
majority of the respondents have high attitude and intention towards recycling,
which is reflected in the high mean scores for recycling intention and attitude (Mean
= 4.03) and (Mean = 4.09) respectively. Similarly, the result of the independent t-test
shows that there is significant difference in the attitude and intention mean scores
between high and low income households. The analysis of the structural equation
model indicated that the integrated model accounted for 53% of variance in recycling intention, with attitude having the highest contribution on recycling
intention (β = 0.479, p = 0.000). Only Perceived behavioural control was found to
have insignificant effect on recycling intention (β = .006, p = 0.907), whereas
perceived lack of facilitating conditions shows significant negative effect on
recycling intention (β = -.170, p=0.010). The result of the moderating analysis
reveals that the relationships between attitude—recycling intention [low income (β =
1.019, p = 0.000) and high income (β = -0.160, p = 0.606)], personal norms—
recycling intention [low income (β = 0.127, p = 0.028) and high income (β = 0.406,
p = 0.129)], and perceived lack of facilitating conditions—recycling intention [low
income (β = 0.089, p = 0.048) and high income (β = -0.499, p = 0.003)] were
moderated by income level. Generally, the results in this research indicated that in
Kano metropolis low income households are more likely to participate in recycling
for their personal gain (financial benefits), whereas, high income households are
more likely to participate in recycling when there is availability of facilitating
conditions.
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Item Type: |
Thesis
(Doctoral)
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Subject: |
Recycling (Waste, etc.) - Psychological aspects - Case studies |
Subject: |
Refuse and refuse disposal - Psychological aspects |
Call Number: |
FPAS 2018 26 |
Chairman Supervisor: |
Sabrina Ho Abdullah, PhD |
Divisions: |
Faculty of Environmental Studies |
Depositing User: |
Ms. Nur Faseha Mohd Kadim
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Date Deposited: |
27 Nov 2019 06:50 |
Last Modified: |
27 Nov 2019 06:50 |
URI: |
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/76146 |
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