Systematic management and recycling training as the educational tool of food waste composting

Thesis (PhD.)

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Main Author: Hassan, Rokiah
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 2024
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Online Access:http://openscience.utm.my/handle/123456789/1211
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spelling oai:openscience.utm.my:123456789/12112024-06-22T18:00:18Z Systematic management and recycling training as the educational tool of food waste composting Hassan, Rokiah Refuse and refuse disposal—Biodegradation Compost Food waste Organic wastes Thesis (PhD.) Solid waste management is an important issue around the world. As the amount of solid waste is increasing with the number of population and rapid growth of urbanization process, there is an increasing demand for minimization of the solid waste generation at source especially food waste using method such as composting. However, the number of people engaging in composting activities in Malaysia is relatively low. Thus this study provides a channel to promote and educate the public to practice food waste composting at source. A newly developedsystem called SMARTHERITAGE was introduced to respondents in Seremban and Bandar Baru Bangi. SMARTHERITAGE consists of three components which is BonusHijau, Green Ambassadors and BuyBack program which were introduced to respondents in Seremban, while in Bandar Baru Bangi, only BonusHijau and Green Ambassador were introduced. The period of study conducted in Seremban was two years while for Bangi case, it took six months. By using a random-quasi experimental research design, the findings obtained are as follows. In the case of Seremban, it is found that the level of knowledge, intention and perception of respondents toward food waste composting were increased after they were engaged with SMARTHERITAGE. Accodingly, their knowledge , intention and perception level had increase to 83%, 100% and 73% respectively. On the other hand in the case of Bandar Baru Bangi the findings showed there was an increase in the level of knowledge and intention of the respondents toward food waste composting. SMARTHERITAGE was successfully increase the knowledge level by 14.3% and intention by 12.4%. However the perception level are found to be reduced by 15.7% On overall, SMARTHERITAGE has the ability and potential as a promoting strategy to educate and implement food waste diversion by composting activities Faculty of Chemical Engineering 2024-06-22T09:52:44Z 2024-06-22T09:52:44Z 2016 Thesis Dataset http://openscience.utm.my/handle/123456789/1211 en application/pdf Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
spellingShingle Refuse and refuse disposal—Biodegradation
Compost
Food waste
Organic wastes
Hassan, Rokiah
Systematic management and recycling training as the educational tool of food waste composting
title Systematic management and recycling training as the educational tool of food waste composting
title_full Systematic management and recycling training as the educational tool of food waste composting
title_fullStr Systematic management and recycling training as the educational tool of food waste composting
title_full_unstemmed Systematic management and recycling training as the educational tool of food waste composting
title_short Systematic management and recycling training as the educational tool of food waste composting
title_sort systematic management and recycling training as the educational tool of food waste composting
topic Refuse and refuse disposal—Biodegradation
Compost
Food waste
Organic wastes
url http://openscience.utm.my/handle/123456789/1211
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