Understanding residents’ behaviour intention of recycling plastic waste in a densely populated megacity of emerging economy
Plastic waste is choking our planet, but the recycling rate is still universally low. Understanding factors affecting recycling behaviours can help address this pressing issue. Taking Dhaka as an example, this study explores the determinants of the intentions to recycle plastic waste. We employed th...
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| description | Plastic waste is choking our planet, but the recycling rate is still universally low. Understanding factors affecting recycling behaviours can help address this pressing issue. Taking Dhaka as an example, this study explores the determinants of the intentions to recycle plastic waste. We employed the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) and extended it with two additional variables: Moral Norms, and Perceived sufficiency of knowledge and policy support. Survey data of 577 were collected and analysed using PLS-SEM. The findings suggest attitude, perceived behavioural control, moral norms and subjective norms significantly impact recycling intention, among which moral norms (β = 0.148, p < 0.05) acts even more strongly than subjective norms (β = 0.12, p < 0.05). Moreover, low level perception of knowledge and policy support makes people perceive less control over recycling behaviour (β = 0.188, p < 0.05), but actually reinforce their recycling intention (β = −0.091, p < 0.1). This study enriches the theoretical discussion of TPB, and contributes to the efforts of encouraging plastic recycling in populated megacity of emerging economy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-41b3bcd420af4e0a9972805e2b4521272023-08-30T05:53:06ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402023-08-0198e18921Understanding residents’ behaviour intention of recycling plastic waste in a densely populated megacity of emerging economyQian Jia0Md Sahidul Islam1Md Shahadat Hossain2Fengting Li3Ying Wang4College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China; UNEP-Tongji Institute of Environment for Sustainable Development (IESD), Shanghai, 200092, ChinaState Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, ChinaDepartment of Environmental Science and Management, Independent University of Bangladesh, Dhaka, BangladeshCollege of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China; Key Laboratory of Cities' Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change in Shanghai, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China; Corresponding author. College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China.College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai, 200092, China; Corresponding author. College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China.Plastic waste is choking our planet, but the recycling rate is still universally low. Understanding factors affecting recycling behaviours can help address this pressing issue. Taking Dhaka as an example, this study explores the determinants of the intentions to recycle plastic waste. We employed the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) and extended it with two additional variables: Moral Norms, and Perceived sufficiency of knowledge and policy support. Survey data of 577 were collected and analysed using PLS-SEM. The findings suggest attitude, perceived behavioural control, moral norms and subjective norms significantly impact recycling intention, among which moral norms (β = 0.148, p < 0.05) acts even more strongly than subjective norms (β = 0.12, p < 0.05). Moreover, low level perception of knowledge and policy support makes people perceive less control over recycling behaviour (β = 0.188, p < 0.05), but actually reinforce their recycling intention (β = −0.091, p < 0.1). This study enriches the theoretical discussion of TPB, and contributes to the efforts of encouraging plastic recycling in populated megacity of emerging economy.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023061297Plastic recycling intentionTheory of planned behaviourMegacityEmerging economy |
| spellingShingle | Qian Jia Md Sahidul Islam Md Shahadat Hossain Fengting Li Ying Wang Understanding residents’ behaviour intention of recycling plastic waste in a densely populated megacity of emerging economy Heliyon Plastic recycling intention Theory of planned behaviour Megacity Emerging economy |
| title | Understanding residents’ behaviour intention of recycling plastic waste in a densely populated megacity of emerging economy |
| title_full | Understanding residents’ behaviour intention of recycling plastic waste in a densely populated megacity of emerging economy |
| title_fullStr | Understanding residents’ behaviour intention of recycling plastic waste in a densely populated megacity of emerging economy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Understanding residents’ behaviour intention of recycling plastic waste in a densely populated megacity of emerging economy |
| title_short | Understanding residents’ behaviour intention of recycling plastic waste in a densely populated megacity of emerging economy |
| title_sort | understanding residents behaviour intention of recycling plastic waste in a densely populated megacity of emerging economy |
| topic | Plastic recycling intention Theory of planned behaviour Megacity Emerging economy |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023061297 |
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