Informal Recycling Activities in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia: Student Perspectives

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dc.contributor.authorNasir, Zubaidah Mohd
dc.contributor.authorYaacob, Mashitoh
dc.contributor.authorAhmad, Maisarah
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-14T03:20:47Z
dc.date.available2016-11-14T03:20:47Z
dc.date.issued2016-11-14
dc.description.abstractOne of the major challenges in solid waste management in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) is how best to work with informal recycling sector to improve efficiency in recycling. In order to find the best way to integrate the informal and formal sectors of recycling in UKM, UKM needs to document, understand and build on existing informal collection and recycling systems. However, base-line data on informal recycling activities in UKM are non-existence. The purpose of this paper is to discuss base-line data on informal recycling activities in UKM. Quantitative survey method was employed to collect data on informal recycling activities in UKM, and one hundred students responded to a set of questionnaire. Descriptive mean and standard deviation were obtained. Reliability and validity were tested to approve the variables used. The results of this paper indicated that according to students, the informal recyclers in UKM were amongst the cleaning service workers with a mean score of 3.18 compared to other categories of informal recyclers such as residential college staffs (2.34), students (2.28), support staffs (2.15), cafeteria staffs (2.11), academic staffs (2.04) and administrative staffs (2.03). Students clarified that informal waste recycling collectors and collecting waste recycling parties were itinerant waste buyers with the mean scores of 2.93 and 2.59, respectively. Students also identified recycling micro and small enterprise (MSEs) as the main trading party (2.96) compared to other parties. Materials collected by the informal recyclers in UKM were mostly papers (3.37). Of all recyclables, paper was accumulated the most with a range of volume between 5 to 9 kilograms per day. In addition, paper also gain the highest in profit obtained which is from RM 11 to RM 19 per day. The findings of this study form a basis of understanding on unacknowledged recycling activities by informal recyclers in UKM.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipFakultas Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik Fakultas Perikanan dan Ilmu Kelautan Universitas Riau Institute of the Malay World and Civilisation (ATMA) Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysiaen_US
dc.identifier.isbn978-979-792-332-7
dc.identifier.otherwahyu sari yeni
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.unri.ac.id/xmlui/handle/123456789/8794
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectInformal Recycling Activitiesen_US
dc.subjectStudentsen_US
dc.subjectUniversiti Kebangsaan Malaysiaen_US
dc.titleInformal Recycling Activities in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia: Student Perspectivesen_US
dc.typeUR-Proceedingsen_US

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