Knowledge and practice on green purchasing of personal care products among undergraduate students in Universiti Putra Malaysia.

HASHIM, HANA FATEHA (2021) Knowledge and practice on green purchasing of personal care products among undergraduate students in Universiti Putra Malaysia. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Introduction: Personal care products (PCP) has been used by all ages including, university students. However, manufacturing companies of PCP are potentially degrading the environment with irreversible impacts because of the higher usage of non-biodegradable resources. Currently, consumers were concern about environmental issues, but they still have a hard time applying green practices while purchasing green products. Objectives: The study was conducted to assess the level of knowledge and practice regarding green purchasing of PCP among selected undergraduate students in Universiti Putra Malaysia. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was carried out among 276 undergraduate students from five faculties divided into five departments in Universiti Putra Malaysia by multistage cluster sampling. The respondents answered adapted questionnaires consisting of five sections to assess the level of knowledge and practice on green purchase of PCP. Then, the researcher analysed the result of the data by using SPSS version 25.0. Results and Discussion: This study showed that most respondents had high knowledge (48.0%) and moderate practice (73.0%). Based on the Chi-square analysis that was conducted, the result showed there was a significant association between gender with knowledge and practice with p<0.05, (p=0.0001) and (p=0.004)) respectively. Furthermore, there was also an association between knowledge and practice (p<0.05). Conclusion: Ministry of Higher Education and Universiti Putra Malaysia needs to strengthen environmental education among undergraduate universities to create environmental protection and conservation awareness. Keywords: Knowledge, practice, green purchase of personal care product, undergraduate student

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Mr Hafizzuddin Hamidon
Date Deposited:	24 Aug 2023 04:43
Last Modified:	24 Aug 2023 04:43
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/1020

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