探索影响马来西亚布城消费者对可持续电子废弃物管理的行为和实践的因素。
Exploring the factors influencing consumer behaviours and practices towards sustainable WEEE management in Putrajaya, Malaysia.
作者信息
Sofian Azizi Dhiya Durani, Hanafiah Marlia M, Woon Kok Sin, Ismail Haikal
机构信息
Department of Earth Science and Environment, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor Malaysia.
Centre for Tropical Climate Change System, Institute of Climate Change, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor Malaysia.
出版信息
Heliyon. 2023 Jun 16;9(6):e17244. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17244. eCollection 2023 Jun.
The disposal practises and preferences of household waste from electrical and electronic equipment disposal (WEEE) are essential components in material flow analysis (MFA). Nevertheless, the synergistic of consumers' behaviours and preferences with the disposal of different WEEE has yet to be investigated in depth. This study examined several consumer features of WEEE management using a quantitative questionnaire survey, including consumers' disposal behaviours and preferences. As a Malaysian federal government administrative centre, and model of a contemporary and sustainable Malaysian city, Putrajaya was chosen as the study area. Using stratified random sampling, the questionnaire was distributed through face-to-face and online surveys among households across 20 precincts within Putrajaya. From June 2021 to January 2022, 500 surveys were distributed over seven months, and IBM SPSS Statistic version 26 was used to analyse the data. The result shows that 80% of respondents have a good knowledge of WEEE management and are fully aware of the dangerous materials they have in their WEEE. 75% said they would recycle their WEEE, but only 44% said they would separate it from other household wastes. It was also shown that 88% of the household were willing to pay a collection fee of at least RM 10 for each collection. This analysis found that Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) mechanisms can assist in overcoming weaknesses in WEEE management by including beneficial schemes to incentivise consumers to improve current waste policies. In the meantime, governments, media, and local non-governmental organisations may help by increasing awareness of effective and sustainable WEEE management.
电气和电子设备废弃物(WEEE)的家庭垃圾处理实践与偏好是物质流分析(MFA)的重要组成部分。然而,消费者行为和偏好与不同WEEE处理之间的协同作用尚未得到深入研究。本研究通过定量问卷调查考察了WEEE管理的几个消费者特征,包括消费者的处理行为和偏好。作为马来西亚联邦政府行政中心以及当代可持续马来西亚城市的典范,布城被选为研究区域。采用分层随机抽样,通过面对面和在线调查在布城20个选区的家庭中发放问卷。从2021年6月到2022年1月,在七个月内发放了500份调查问卷,并使用IBM SPSS Statistic 26版本分析数据。结果显示,80%的受访者对WEEE管理有良好的了解,并充分意识到他们的WEEE中所含的危险材料。75%的人表示他们会回收WEEE,但只有44%的人表示会将其与其他家庭垃圾分开。研究还表明,88%的家庭愿意为每次回收支付至少10马来西亚林吉特的回收费用。该分析发现,生产者责任延伸(EPR)机制可以通过纳入有益计划来激励消费者改进当前的废物政策,从而有助于克服WEEE管理中的弱点。与此同时,政府、媒体和当地非政府组织可以通过提高对有效和可持续WEEE管理的认识来提供帮助。