Faculty of Graduate Studies, Birzeit University, Birzeit, West Bank, the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Waste Manag Res. 2012 Feb;30(2):122-36. doi: 10.1177/0734242X11423066. Epub 2011 Oct 4.
As a step towards comprehending what drives the management of construction waste in the occupied Palestinian territory, this paper quantifies construction waste generation and examines how the local contractors' waste management attitudes and behaviour are influenced. Collection of data was based on a survey, carried out in the southern part of the West Bank between April and May 2010. The survey targeted contractors who specialized in the construction of buildings. A logistic regression model was used to investigate the relationship between various attributes and the attitudes and behaviour that the local contractors demonstrate towards waste management. The results showed that during the construction of buildings, 17 to 81 kg of construction waste are generated per square metre of building floor. Although the area of a building is the key factor determining 74.8% of the variation of construction waste generation, the employment of labour-intensive techniques in the study area means that human factors such as the contractor's attitude and behaviour towards waste management, exert a key influence on waste generation. Attitudes towards the 3Rs of waste minimization and behaviour towards waste disposal are generally positive with smaller contractors exhibiting more positive attitudes and more satisfactory behaviour towards waste management. Overall, while contractors' behaviour towards waste sorting and disposal tends to be more satisfactory among contractors who are more conscious about the potential environmental impacts of construction waste, it was generally observed that in the absence of a regulatory framework, the voluntary attitudes and behaviour among the local contractors are mostly driven by direct economic considerations.
为了深入了解是什么驱动着巴勒斯坦被占领土对建筑废弃物的管理，本文对建筑废弃物的产生进行了量化，并考察了当地承包商的废弃物管理态度和行为是如何受到影响的。数据收集基于 2010 年 4 月至 5 月在西岸南部进行的一项调查，调查对象是专门从事建筑的承包商。采用逻辑回归模型来研究各种属性与当地承包商在废弃物管理方面表现出的态度和行为之间的关系。结果表明，在建造建筑物的过程中，每平方米建筑面积会产生 17 至 81 千克的建筑废弃物。尽管建筑面积是决定建筑废弃物产生量变化的 74.8%的关键因素，但研究区域采用劳动密集型技术意味着人类因素，如承包商对废弃物管理的态度和行为，对废弃物产生有重要影响。对废弃物最小化的 3R 原则的态度和对废弃物处置的行为总体上是积极的，规模较小的承包商对废弃物管理表现出更积极的态度和更令人满意的行为。总体而言，虽然在那些对建筑废弃物潜在环境影响有更强烈意识的承包商中，对废物分类和处理的行为往往更令人满意，但通常观察到，在缺乏监管框架的情况下，当地承包商的自愿态度和行为主要是受直接经济考虑驱动的。
