Apprise of Used Electrical and Electronic Equipment in Residential Houses of Citizens of Yazd City and Determination of Their Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Electronic and Electrical Waste Management
Introduction: The production of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) has grown rapidly in recent years. It is necessary to determine the amount of them for its effective management. The aim of this study was to determine the amount of WEEE stored in the houses of Yazd citizens and the le...
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| author | Mahboubeh Davoudi Ali Asghar Ebrahimi Zohreh Rahaei Farimah Shamsi Mansoreh Ghaznavi Yazdi Mahdieh Mirshamsi Mehran Abtahi Roya Malekahmadi |
| author_facet | Mahboubeh Davoudi Ali Asghar Ebrahimi Zohreh Rahaei Farimah Shamsi Mansoreh Ghaznavi Yazdi Mahdieh Mirshamsi Mehran Abtahi Roya Malekahmadi |
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| description | Introduction: The production of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) has grown rapidly in recent years. It is necessary to determine the amount of them for its effective management. The aim of this study was to determine the amount of WEEE stored in the houses of Yazd citizens and the level of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) of citizens regarding WEEE management.
Materials and Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out using random sampling on 300 Yazdian citizens. To determine the amount of WEEE stored in houses and the level of KAP of people regarding WEEE, was used a researcher-made questionnaire whose validity and reliability were confirmed and data analysis was performed using nonparametric tests in SPSS.
Results: The amount of WEEE in the study population was 21.8 metric tons was obtained. Of these, the highest amount of waste was related to the refrigerator with 3.9 metric tons and the highest number of used equipment stored was related to cell phone, with 285 units. The levels of knowledge (with a mean score of 5.06 ± 2.5), attitude (with a mean score of 43.37 ± 5.21), and practice (with a mean score of 10.71 ± 2.95) were respectively in moderate, good and moderate conditions.
Conclusion: Given planning by the Waste Organization leads to job creation, access to valuable raw materials, and environmental protection. With increasing knowledge about the proper use of electronic and electrical equipment, their useful life can be increased and the process of their conversion to waste can be extended. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4ed9d3f9b2324c37ac82dc33e0a46b8e2022-12-22T01:17:07ZengShahid Sadoughi University of Medical SciencesJournal of Environmental Health and Sustainable Development2476-62672476-74332018-12-0134637644Apprise of Used Electrical and Electronic Equipment in Residential Houses of Citizens of Yazd City and Determination of Their Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Electronic and Electrical Waste ManagementMahboubeh Davoudi0Ali Asghar Ebrahimi1Zohreh Rahaei2Farimah Shamsi3Mansoreh Ghaznavi Yazdi4Mahdieh Mirshamsi5Mehran Abtahi6Roya Malekahmadi7 Environmental Science and Technology Research Center, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. Environmental Science and Technology Research Center, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. Department of Health Education, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. Department of Statistics, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. Department of Health Education, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. Department of Health Education, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. Laboratoire de Génie Chimique, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INPT, UPS, Toulouse, France. Environmental Science and Technology Research Center, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. Introduction: The production of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) has grown rapidly in recent years. It is necessary to determine the amount of them for its effective management. The aim of this study was to determine the amount of WEEE stored in the houses of Yazd citizens and the level of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) of citizens regarding WEEE management. Materials and Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out using random sampling on 300 Yazdian citizens. To determine the amount of WEEE stored in houses and the level of KAP of people regarding WEEE, was used a researcher-made questionnaire whose validity and reliability were confirmed and data analysis was performed using nonparametric tests in SPSS. Results: The amount of WEEE in the study population was 21.8 metric tons was obtained. Of these, the highest amount of waste was related to the refrigerator with 3.9 metric tons and the highest number of used equipment stored was related to cell phone, with 285 units. The levels of knowledge (with a mean score of 5.06 ± 2.5), attitude (with a mean score of 43.37 ± 5.21), and practice (with a mean score of 10.71 ± 2.95) were respectively in moderate, good and moderate conditions. Conclusion: Given planning by the Waste Organization leads to job creation, access to valuable raw materials, and environmental protection. With increasing knowledge about the proper use of electronic and electrical equipment, their useful life can be increased and the process of their conversion to waste can be extended.http://jehsd.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-98&slc_lang=en&sid=1Waste Management Knowledge WEEE Attitude Yazd City. |
| spellingShingle | Mahboubeh Davoudi Ali Asghar Ebrahimi Zohreh Rahaei Farimah Shamsi Mansoreh Ghaznavi Yazdi Mahdieh Mirshamsi Mehran Abtahi Roya Malekahmadi Apprise of Used Electrical and Electronic Equipment in Residential Houses of Citizens of Yazd City and Determination of Their Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Electronic and Electrical Waste Management Journal of Environmental Health and Sustainable Development Waste Management Knowledge WEEE Attitude Yazd City. |
| title | Apprise of Used Electrical and Electronic Equipment in Residential Houses of Citizens of Yazd City and Determination of Their Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Electronic and Electrical Waste Management |
| title_full | Apprise of Used Electrical and Electronic Equipment in Residential Houses of Citizens of Yazd City and Determination of Their Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Electronic and Electrical Waste Management |
| title_fullStr | Apprise of Used Electrical and Electronic Equipment in Residential Houses of Citizens of Yazd City and Determination of Their Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Electronic and Electrical Waste Management |
| title_full_unstemmed | Apprise of Used Electrical and Electronic Equipment in Residential Houses of Citizens of Yazd City and Determination of Their Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Electronic and Electrical Waste Management |
| title_short | Apprise of Used Electrical and Electronic Equipment in Residential Houses of Citizens of Yazd City and Determination of Their Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Electronic and Electrical Waste Management |
| title_sort | apprise of used electrical and electronic equipment in residential houses of citizens of yazd city and determination of their knowledge attitude and practice regarding electronic and electrical waste management |
| topic | Waste Management Knowledge WEEE Attitude Yazd City. |
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