School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China; Smart and Sustainable Township Research Centre (SUTRA), Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environmental, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia.
Smart and Sustainable Township Research Centre (SUTRA), Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environmental, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia.
J Environ Manage. 2019 May 1;237:255-263. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.02.033. Epub 2019 Feb 22.
After twenty-four years of government efforts, the latest national recycling rate in Malaysia rose from 5% in 1993 to approximately 24.6% in 2017. However, the practice of solid waste recycling in developing countries is still challenging compared to developing countries. Especially in Malaysia, a multi-ethnic country where people with different ethics have different living lifestyles. Still, Malaysia faces rapidly increasing solid waste and management costs, lacks appropriate data on solid waste management and recycling, lacks awareness of the 3R's (reduce, reuse and recycle) culture and lacks policies to promote 3R's culture. In addition, prior to the enforcement of ACT 672, information and networks between stakeholders have been limited for more than 20 years. Some scholars believe that the success of recycling practices is mainly influenced by community recycling behaviours. Therefore, in order to improve and evaluate the effectiveness of current national solid waste recycling management systems, research and assessment of community recycling behaviours are essential. This paper aims to evaluate the factors that attract communities to implement recycling in their daily lives and to obtain data through quantitative survey methods. Face-to-face questionnaires are conducted through purposive sampling and collected data is further analysed by PASW statistical tools. The comparison between recyclers and non-recyclers are presented in terms of frequency, means scores and radar chart. The results indicate that policy makers involved in the planning, organisation, and implementation of community recycling programs have to focus on strategies that engage community members and adopt recycling practices to improve environmental impact by changing their attitudes. Based on the results of means scores, the type of age, occupation and place of life must be taken into consideration in order to organize future recycling campaigns or awareness programs. In conclusion, the information will help policymakers make better solid waste recycling management to meet the needs of the public.
经过二十四年的政府努力，马来西亚最新的全国回收率从 1993 年的 5%上升到 2017 年的约 24.6%。然而，与发达国家相比，发展中国家的固体废物回收实践仍然具有挑战性。特别是在马来西亚，一个多民族国家，不同种族的人有不同的生活方式。尽管如此，马来西亚仍面临着固体废物和管理成本的快速增长，缺乏关于固体废物管理和回收的适当数据，缺乏对 3R（减少、再利用和回收）文化的认识，也缺乏促进 3R 文化的政策。此外，在 ACT 672 实施之前，利益相关者之间的信息和网络已经中断了二十多年。一些学者认为，回收实践的成功主要受到社区回收行为的影响。因此，为了改善和评估当前国家固体废物回收管理系统的有效性，对社区回收行为进行研究和评估至关重要。本文旨在评估吸引社区在日常生活中实施回收的因素，并通过定量调查方法获取数据。通过目的性抽样进行面对面问卷调查，收集的数据进一步通过 PASW 统计工具进行分析。通过频率、均值得分和雷达图比较了回收者和非回收者。结果表明，参与社区回收计划规划、组织和实施的政策制定者必须关注吸引社区成员并采取回收做法的策略，通过改变他们的态度来改善环境影响。根据均值得分的结果，为了组织未来的回收活动或宣传活动，必须考虑年龄、职业和生活地点的类型。总之，这些信息将有助于政策制定者更好地进行固体废物回收管理，以满足公众的需求。
