Public environmental awareness and performance in Kuala Lumpur City, Malaysia — a case study on household electrical and electronic equipment
The aim of this paper is to estimate the perception, knowledge and attitude of the respondents towards electrical and electronic equipment waste (e-waste) management. It also tried to identify current e-waste management practiced by households in Kuala Lumpur. In order to ensure a higher response ra...
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| description | The aim of this paper is to estimate the perception, knowledge and attitude of the respondents towards electrical and electronic equipment waste (e-waste) management. It also tried to identify current e-waste management practiced by households in Kuala Lumpur. In order to ensure a higher response rate, face-to-face survey was employed. In this study, it has been found that 69 per cent of the respondents were satisfied with Kuala Lumpur’s environmental quality, while 31 per cent were not satisfied. More than one third of the respondents informed that they send their electric and electronic equipment (EEE) to charity or transfer the EEE to relatives if they cannot repair them. Only a small fraction of the used EEE finds its way to recycling facilities and manufacturer as there is no efficient take back scheme for consumers. It has been also found in this study that more than 81 per cent of the respondents are unenthusiastic to pay for the recycling of their e-waste. It is interesting to find that much of the EEE was updated within two thirds of their designed lifetime. |
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| spelling | iium-300132014-10-07T11:40:44Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/30013/ Public environmental awareness and performance in Kuala Lumpur City, Malaysia — a case study on household electrical and electronic equipment Rafia, Afroz Masud, Muhammad Mehedi Akhtar, Rulia Duasa, Jarita HC79 Special topics. Including air pollution, consumer demands,famines, flow of fund etc The aim of this paper is to estimate the perception, knowledge and attitude of the respondents towards electrical and electronic equipment waste (e-waste) management. It also tried to identify current e-waste management practiced by households in Kuala Lumpur. In order to ensure a higher response rate, face-to-face survey was employed. In this study, it has been found that 69 per cent of the respondents were satisfied with Kuala Lumpur’s environmental quality, while 31 per cent were not satisfied. More than one third of the respondents informed that they send their electric and electronic equipment (EEE) to charity or transfer the EEE to relatives if they cannot repair them. Only a small fraction of the used EEE finds its way to recycling facilities and manufacturer as there is no efficient take back scheme for consumers. It has been also found in this study that more than 81 per cent of the respondents are unenthusiastic to pay for the recycling of their e-waste. It is interesting to find that much of the EEE was updated within two thirds of their designed lifetime. Sage Publications 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/30013/1/Public_Environmental_Awareness.pdf Rafia, Afroz and Masud, Muhammad Mehedi and Akhtar, Rulia and Duasa, Jarita (2012) Public environmental awareness and performance in Kuala Lumpur City, Malaysia — a case study on household electrical and electronic equipment. Environment and Urbanization ASIA, 3 (2). pp. 385-396. ISSN 0976-3546 (O), 0975-4253 (P) http://eua.sagepub.com/content/3/2/385.abstract 10.1177/0975425312461100 |
| spellingShingle | HC79 Special topics. Including air pollution, consumer demands,famines, flow of fund etc Rafia, Afroz Masud, Muhammad Mehedi Akhtar, Rulia Duasa, Jarita Public environmental awareness and performance in Kuala Lumpur City, Malaysia — a case study on household electrical and electronic equipment |
| title | Public environmental awareness and performance in Kuala Lumpur City, Malaysia — a case study on household electrical and electronic equipment |
| title_full | Public environmental awareness and performance in Kuala Lumpur City, Malaysia — a case study on household electrical and electronic equipment |
| title_fullStr | Public environmental awareness and performance in Kuala Lumpur City, Malaysia — a case study on household electrical and electronic equipment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Public environmental awareness and performance in Kuala Lumpur City, Malaysia — a case study on household electrical and electronic equipment |
| title_short | Public environmental awareness and performance in Kuala Lumpur City, Malaysia — a case study on household electrical and electronic equipment |
| title_sort | public environmental awareness and performance in kuala lumpur city, malaysia — a case study on household electrical and electronic equipment |
| topic | HC79 Special topics. Including air pollution, consumer demands,famines, flow of fund etc |
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