Analysis of household electronic waste recycling in Melaka

This study aims to identify current e-waste management practices by households as well as examines the factors influencing household e-waste recycling intention. Data was collected from a sample of 345 households in Melaka, Malaysia by means of a self-administered questionnaire survey. Snowball samp...

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spelling my-mmu-ep.58852014-12-24T03:57:37Z Analysis of household electronic waste recycling in Melaka 2013-09 Ho, Sew Tiep HD Industries. Land use. Labor This study aims to identify current e-waste management practices by households as well as examines the factors influencing household e-waste recycling intention. Data was collected from a sample of 345 households in Melaka, Malaysia by means of a self-administered questionnaire survey. Snowball sampling which is part of the non-probability sampling was utilized in this research. The results show that the quantities of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) in use and the rate of replacements of even functioning EEE are increasing, which in turn increase the generation of e-waste. This study also provides evidence that the level of households’ awareness towards e-waste recycling is still low. Thus, the time has come for the introduction of a recycling programme for these potentially harmful waste materials. 2013-09 Thesis http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/5885/ http://library.mmu.edu.my/diglib/onlinedb/dig_lib.php masters Multimedia University Faculty of Business
institution Multimedia University
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topic HD Industries
Land use
Labor
spellingShingle HD Industries
Land use
Labor
Ho, Sew Tiep
Analysis of household electronic waste recycling in Melaka
description This study aims to identify current e-waste management practices by households as well as examines the factors influencing household e-waste recycling intention. Data was collected from a sample of 345 households in Melaka, Malaysia by means of a self-administered questionnaire survey. Snowball sampling which is part of the non-probability sampling was utilized in this research. The results show that the quantities of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) in use and the rate of replacements of even functioning EEE are increasing, which in turn increase the generation of e-waste. This study also provides evidence that the level of households’ awareness towards e-waste recycling is still low. Thus, the time has come for the introduction of a recycling programme for these potentially harmful waste materials.
format Thesis
qualification_level Master's degree
author Ho, Sew Tiep
author_facet Ho, Sew Tiep
author_sort Ho, Sew Tiep
title Analysis of household electronic waste recycling in Melaka
title_short Analysis of household electronic waste recycling in Melaka
title_full Analysis of household electronic waste recycling in Melaka
title_fullStr Analysis of household electronic waste recycling in Melaka
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of household electronic waste recycling in Melaka
title_sort analysis of household electronic waste recycling in melaka
granting_institution Multimedia University
granting_department Faculty of Business
publishDate 2013
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