Department of Public Health, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Faisal University, Al Ahsa 37912, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Respiratory Care, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Faisal University, Al Ahsa 37912, Saudi Arabia.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jan 18;20(3):1790. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20031790.
The reuse and recycling of household waste are correlated with a household's daily activities and commonly depend on sociodemographic factors. In this study, we aimed to assess and probe the level of awareness of waste reuse and recycling, self-reported household waste recycling and segregation practices, and the variables affecting the practices of households in Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia.
We employed a cross-sectional study utilizing the multi-stage random sampling of 279 households and a researcher-structured, online questionnaire in English and Arabic. Data were analyzed using SPSS Version 20. Descriptive statistics was used to describe the level of awareness/practices, and inferential statistics was used to describe the correlational aspects.
It was determined that female participants, younger participants, participants of both genders with university and postgraduate education levels, and urban residents were significantly associated with self-reported household waste segregation and recycling practices at the source. Plastics, paper, glass, food waste, textiles, and electronic waste were determined to be the most common types of household waste. A lack of expertise, awareness, demand for recycled products, and laws that support recycling was reported to affect female participants' failure to recycle. Social media, television, and educational institutions were shown to be sources of information regarding waste segregation and recycling. Therefore, awareness-raising polices must be developed to improve the prevalence, expertise, and efficiency regarding recycling and segregation. In addition, inventive methods, such as a card-based reward system, should be used to increase the demand level for recycled products.
家庭废物的再利用和回收与家庭的日常活动相关，并通常取决于社会人口因素。在这项研究中，我们旨在评估和探究沙特阿拉伯阿哈萨家庭对废物再利用和回收的意识水平、自我报告的家庭废物回收和分类实践，以及影响家庭实践的变量。
我们采用了横断面研究，利用多阶段随机抽样方法对 279 户家庭进行了抽样，并采用了研究者构建的、英语和阿拉伯语的在线问卷。使用 SPSS 版本 20 进行数据分析。使用描述性统计来描述意识/实践水平，并使用推断性统计来描述相关性方面。
确定女性参与者、年轻参与者、具有大学和研究生教育水平的两性参与者以及城市居民与自我报告的家庭废物分类和源头回收实践显著相关。塑料、纸张、玻璃、食品垃圾、纺织品和电子废物被确定为最常见的家庭废物类型。缺乏专业知识、意识、对回收产品的需求以及支持回收的法律被报告为影响女性参与者无法回收的因素。社交媒体、电视和教育机构被证明是废物分类和回收信息的来源。因此，必须制定提高认识的政策，以提高回收和分类的普及程度、专业知识和效率。此外，应采用基于卡片的奖励系统等创新方法来提高对回收产品的需求水平。
