Recycle Plastics as the Raw Materials Manufactured for Fertilizer Bags
Previous research has rarely considered whether products made from recycled material are perceived to be less detrimental to the environment by some buyers than products made from virgin material only. It is possible that some buyers might be willing to purchase recycled raw materials in an attempt...
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| description | Previous research has rarely considered whether products made from recycled material are perceived to be less detrimental to the environment by some buyers than products made from virgin material only. It is possible that some buyers might be willing to purchase recycled raw materials in an attempt to improve environmental quality. This study compares the preference of buyers toward virgin plastic raw materials with recycled plastics raw materials. In this study aimed to examine the organizations buyers’ purchasing preferences between virgin and recycled materials. 60 respondents from 10 organizations participated in questionnaires.
However, the results of correlation tests indicated that Costs, Government Legislative and companies buyers’ decision is not significant and has a moderate negative influence on their buying decision.
Furthermore, the findings confirmed that organization buying decision is strongly affected by the quality of the raw materials. |
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| spelling | intimal-5722016-11-07T05:44:22Z http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/572/ Recycle Plastics as the Raw Materials Manufactured for Fertilizer Bags Chua, Wei Shin HD28 Management. Industrial Management Previous research has rarely considered whether products made from recycled material are perceived to be less detrimental to the environment by some buyers than products made from virgin material only. It is possible that some buyers might be willing to purchase recycled raw materials in an attempt to improve environmental quality. This study compares the preference of buyers toward virgin plastic raw materials with recycled plastics raw materials. In this study aimed to examine the organizations buyers’ purchasing preferences between virgin and recycled materials. 60 respondents from 10 organizations participated in questionnaires. However, the results of correlation tests indicated that Costs, Government Legislative and companies buyers’ decision is not significant and has a moderate negative influence on their buying decision. Furthermore, the findings confirmed that organization buying decision is strongly affected by the quality of the raw materials. 2011 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/572/1/MBA%20-%2031.pdf Chua, Wei Shin (2011) Recycle Plastics as the Raw Materials Manufactured for Fertilizer Bags. Masters thesis, INTI International University. |
| spellingShingle | HD28 Management. Industrial Management Chua, Wei Shin Recycle Plastics as the Raw Materials Manufactured for Fertilizer Bags |
| title | Recycle Plastics as the Raw Materials Manufactured for Fertilizer Bags |
| title_full | Recycle Plastics as the Raw Materials Manufactured for Fertilizer Bags |
| title_fullStr | Recycle Plastics as the Raw Materials Manufactured for Fertilizer Bags |
| title_full_unstemmed | Recycle Plastics as the Raw Materials Manufactured for Fertilizer Bags |
| title_short | Recycle Plastics as the Raw Materials Manufactured for Fertilizer Bags |
| title_sort | recycle plastics as the raw materials manufactured for fertilizer bags |
| topic | HD28 Management. Industrial Management |
| url | http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/572/ http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/572/1/MBA%20-%2031.pdf |