Appraisal of student’s awareness and practices on waste management and recycling in the Malaysian University’s student hostel area
Appraisal of student’s awareness and practices on waste management and recycling in the Malaysian University’s student hostel area
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DOI：
10.1007/s10163-020-00988-6
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发表时间：
2020-02
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
M. Bashir;Yong Zi Jun;Lee Jia Yi;M. Abushammala;Salem S. Abu Amr;Lawrence M. Pratt
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作者：
M. Bashir;Yong Zi Jun;Lee Jia Yi;M. Abushammala;Salem S. Abu Amr;Lawrence M. Pratt
伴随着大众消费的城市化导致了大量的废物产生、环境污染和公共卫生问题。解决固体废物管理问题可以实现一半以上的可持续发展目标。马来西亚人对废物分类和回收的认识和参与度较低，对固体废物管理造成严重威胁。因此，在大学生宿舍区引入了一项新的废物分类计划，以衡量废物的产生、成分以及学生对废物分类和回收的态度和实践。通过调查问卷结合废物测量和成分分析来衡量隔离教育计划的影响。结果发现，垃圾产生量从每人每天0.165公斤减少到0.124公斤，减少了24.8%，回收率达到25%，进入垃圾填埋场的可回收物从每人每天0.091公斤减少到0.034公斤，减少了62.6%。项目实施后大学生认知度提升至75.3%。因此，为了确保新的废物分类计划取得成功，最需要各利益相关者，即居民、住房管理、教育机构、私人废物收集者、地方议会、零售商、制造商和回收商的合作。
Urbanization accompanied by mass consumption leads to tremendous waste generation, environmental pollution and public health issues. Tackling solid waste management issues addresses more than half of the sustainable development goals. Low awareness and participation of Malaysians in practicing waste segregation and recycling cause serious threats in managing solid waste. Thus, a new waste segregation program was introduced within university students’ hostel area to measure waste generation, composition and students’ attitude and practice toward waste segregation and recycling. The impact of segregation educational program was measured via survey questionnaires in conjunction with waste measurement and composition analysis. It was found that there was a reduction in waste generation by 24.8% from 0.165 to 0.124 kg/capita/day, reaching recycling rate of 25% and reduction of recyclables entering landfill by 62.6% from 0.091 to 0.034 kg/capita/day. The university students’ awareness increased to 75.3% after the program was implemented. Therefore, cooperation from various stakeholders, namely residents, housing management, educational institute, private waste collectors, local council, retailer, manufacturer and recyclers is utmost needed to grant success of the new waste segregation program.