Assessing young consumers’ awareness and participation in sustainable e-waste management practices: a survey study in Northwest China

Ramzan, Sidra; Liu, Chenguang; Munir, Hina; Xu, Yingcheng

doi:10.1007/s11356-019-05310-y

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“…E-waste management has always been considered a complex and multidisciplinary activity that requires participation from all stakeholders (Debnath et al , 2018). It is also well documented that young professionals and students generally have low awareness of e-waste-related laws, policies and recycling programmes (Ramzan et al , 2019). Apart from awareness, research has also highlighted the importance of attitude and habits as critical contributors to e-waste recycling intention (Colesca et al , 2014; Yushkova and Feng, 2017); however, this has not been explored in a university context.…”

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The role of communication medium in increasing e-waste recycling awareness among higher educational institutions

Nanath

Kumar²

2021

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Purpose This paper aims to test the effectiveness of communication platforms in conveying the importance of sustainability messages focusing on electronic waste (e-waste) recycling. While corporate communication has been explored well, this research explores the influence of communication medium on the shift in attitude and behavioural intention of higher education students. Design/methodology/approach An experimental design approach was used with quantitative data analysis to address the research questions. Findings The results revealed that the text form of communication was more effective in conveying the e-waste recycling message. Students demonstrated a significant shift in attitude and call for action when they read the sustainability article instead of watching a video with the same message. Practical implications With several universities trying to integrate sustainability in their curriculum, this research provides guidelines on effective communication methods for students. It also sheds light on the choice of platforms that can be used by organisations to reach out to their employees to convey sustainability-related messages. Originality/value The paper addresses sustainability communication in a university by exploring the best method of communication. The results open up new conversations on the media richness theory in the context of sustainability.

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The role of communication medium in increasing e-waste recycling awareness among higher educational institutions

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Kumar²

2021

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“…With the development of Internet of Things (IoT), subscription accounts on social media platforms are being applied to household waste management innovatively, such as food waste management using Facebook and Instagram ( Martin-Rios et al., 2018 ) and waste electronic equipment collection with the help of WeChat, Weibo and Sina blogs ( Zuo et al., 2020 ). In a survey with 850 samples about the information pathways of waste recycling, the proportions of newspaper and television, internet and social media were 29%, 26% and 45% ( Ramzan et al., 2019 ). Social media (45%) appears as a compelling pathway in conveying messages.…”

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Data analytics of social media publicity to enhance household waste management

Jiang

Fan

Klemeš

2021

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

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Highlights Data mining approaches are applied to measure and improve social media publicity. The current publicity in household waste management leans toward propagandist-centred. The identified high user engagements are at 12:00–13:00 and 21:00–22:00 on thursday. The macro policy in shanghai increases the recyclable waste collection by 431.8%. A case study in shanghai presents personalised improvements in waste management.

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“…The Chinese millennials are selected because they own the title of the most influential consumer class in China's market. This class shows high environmental concerns (Chaudhary and Bisai, 2018) and great enthusiasms about e-products, Internet and online services (Fung Business Intelligence, 2017), but has often been ignored in environmentrelated studies (Ramzan et al, 2019). To promote socially responsible e-waste management and to lead behavioral change in future, it is important to understand what influences the millennials' intentions to use the online collection platform.…”

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The adoption of online e-waste collection platform to improve environmental sustainability: an empirical study of Chinese millennials

Ramzan

Liu

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PurposeThe study aims to explore how young consumers perceive and adopt the online e-waste collection platform, by developing a conceptual framework that integrates the theory of planned behavior, the technology acceptance model and the perceived risk. Based on conceptual framework, the study further identifies factors that positively or negatively influence the Chinese millennials' decision on the use of online collection platform.Design/methodology/approachThe study conducts a questionnaire survey from 807 Chinese millennials living in urban and rural areas. Based on the collected data, the partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) is employed to conduct PLS path modeling and multi-group analysis.FindingsThe study results support the proposed conceptual framework and confirm its robustness in investigating Chinese millennials' intentions to adopt online e-waste collection platform. The findings suggest that the perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, attitude, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control have positive impact, while perceived risk has negative impact on the behavioral intentions of millennials on the adoption of the platform.Originality/valueWith the emergence of Internet technology, online e-waste collection platform has arisen as an innovative and alternative solution to improve environmental sustainability by encouraging e-waste collection through formal recycling channels in China. In order to divert the consumers from informal recycling channels to online e-waste collection platform, it is necessary to understand what factors impact the adoption of this platform among consumers. The study provides theoretical contribution and practical implications relevant to regulators and practitioners to encourage the adoption of online e-waste collection platform.

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Assessing young consumers’ awareness and participation in sustainable e-waste management practices: a survey study in Northwest China

Cited by 64 publications

References 59 publications

The role of communication medium in increasing e-waste recycling awareness among higher educational institutions

The role of communication medium in increasing e-waste recycling awareness among higher educational institutions

Data analytics of social media publicity to enhance household waste management

The adoption of online e-waste collection platform to improve environmental sustainability: an empirical study of Chinese millennials

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