Assessing commitment, attitude and behavioral changes of community towards waste segregation program and its cost benefit analysis in Serdang Jaya

Hashim, Hajar Mariah (2013) Assessing commitment, attitude and behavioral changes of community towards waste segregation program and its cost benefit analysis in Serdang Jaya. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Introduction: The rate of waste segregation in Malaysia is still low (JPSPN, 2012). Objective: A cross-sectional study was conducted at Taman Sri Andalas, Serdang Jaya to determine (i) the commitment, attitude and behavioral change of community and (ii) the reduction of waste from the waste segregation activity. Instrument & Methodology: A total of 69 respondents were selected randomly by street to participate in the waste segregation program conducted in this study. Households were provided with recycled bin and food waste bin facilities and collection services in the program. The behavioral changes were assessed along the program based on the Theory of Planned Behavior (Ajzen, 1991). Results: Significant behavior changes were determined in perceived behavior control, situational factors, outcome, consequences, perceived lack of facility and moral norm behavior in this study. The volume of waste segregated for recycled has increased significantly, from 9.39% (phase 2) to 10.58% (phase 3) in this program and 13.26% of the community waste is a food waste that possible to be composted. The volume of waste that end up to landfill has decreased from 100% in the first phase (without segregation) to 90.61 % and 76.16% in phase 2 and phase 3 (with segregation) respectively. Conclusion: The waste segregation program resulted in several behavioral changes of households and reduction of waste to landfill. It is recommended to extent the program to a bigger scale of community to assess the actual behavioral change and the volume of waste segregated by the households. Key words: Behavioral changes, waste segregation program, Theory of Planned Behavior Ajzen, 1991).

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Mr Muhamad Fazril Awang
Date Deposited:	21 Nov 2022 08:01
Last Modified:	22 Aug 2023 04:22
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/148

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