Environmental concern and its implication to household waste separation and disposal: Evidence from Mekelle, Ethiopia

Tadesse, Tewodros

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2008.11.009

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“…In another study from Surabaya (Indonesia), Dhokhikah et al [31] reported that the respondents did not sort and recycle household solid wastes due to lack of time, absence of tradition in separation of waste at source, shortage in collection facilities, inadequate knowledge, and apathy towards recycling as it lacks incentives. Similar attitudes to recycling were also observed among the urban residents of Hat Yai (Thailand), Mekelle (Ethiopia), Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Putrajaya (Malaysia), and some other Indonesian cities [26,[32][33][34][35]. In China, Xiao et al [28] explored public willingness to participate in waste management practices in the city of Xiamen and they found that the residents' environmental knowledge and social motivation had the strongest positive effects on their willingness to participate in waste management activities.…”

Section: Public Attitudes To Recycling In the Developing Countriessupporting

confidence: 62%

Predictors of Recycling Intentions among the Youth: A Developing Country Perspective

Halder

Singh²

2018

Recycling

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India is currently facing a mounting challenge related to municipal waste management, due to an increasing urban population, and their high consumption lifestyles. India also has the world's highest number of young people in the 10-24 years age group. The study applied the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) model to predict school students' recycling intentions in Delhi, the capital of India and one of the highest producers of municipal solid wastes in the country. Data were collected from a school in New Delhi and the sample size consisted of 272 students from 9th and 10th grades. The TPB model explained 56% of the variance in the students' intentions to recycling. The predictor 'subjective norm' appeared to have the strongest impact on the students' recycling intentions, followed by 'attitude' and 'perceived behavioural control'. It indicated that social factors are driving the Indian youth's recycling intentions. It is important that the policymakers promote recycling as a social trend in India and provide adequate facilities to the public so that they can participate in recycling activities without facing difficulties. Schools also have a role in increasing students' awareness of recycling and motivating them to participate in household waste management practices.

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Section: Public Attitudes To Recycling In the Developing Countriessupporting

confidence: 62%

Predictors of Recycling Intentions among the Youth: A Developing Country Perspective

Halder

Singh²

2018

Recycling

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“…In congruence with this finding, others [47] reported that an increase in the age of household head correspondingly stimulates farmers in Nigeria to choose traditional energy sources. Contrary to these findings, [46] in Uganda and [37] in Ethiopia have indicated that households tend to choose clean and safe energy sources as they get older. These contrary findings show the need for further research.…”

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confidence: 71%

“…The second theory is energy stacking, which contends that households largely depend on multiple energy sources [34][35][36]. Given that affordable fuel sources are readily accessible, households continue using more fuel options as long as they find that fuel sources generate maximum utility [37]. Even if their income level increases, instead of replacing old energy sources by new ones, households continue utilizing older sources and expand their use of energy resources [36].…”

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Factors influencing the adoption of biogas digesters in rural Ethiopia

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Background: Increasing energy demands on farm households in Ethiopia have escalated challenges related to land degradation, indoor air quality, and rural economic development. Soil deterioration followed by reduced carbon sequestration compounds the adverse effects of environmental degradation and climate change. The Ethiopian government has disseminated thousands of bio-digesters across rural villages with the hope that introducing biodigesters to rural farm households would address all of these issues. However, there is scant information about how households make energy choices and consequently how the introduction of biogas energy will affect income and the environment in these rural agricultural communities. Therefore, this study aims to verify how biogas energy adopters make decisions about their energy consumption and how biogas energy use compares to traditional alternatives such as firewood, charcoal, and dried animal dung. Methods: Quantitative data were gathered using semi-structured questionnaires of 300 farmers in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, following the collection of qualitative data obtained via focus groups. Using descriptive analysis, we quantified weekly consumption of traditional energy sources and major reasons why households choose each energy source. We estimated a multivariate probit model and conducted correlation tests to verify the use of biogas energy as a substitute or complement for traditional energy sources. Results: Results show that a household's choice for biogas energy was statistically and positively correlated to both firewood and charcoal use. Despite biogas digester adoption in several households, the majority continue to depend upon traditional energy sources. This suggests that overall household energy consumption increases with the availability of biogas digesters. The study reveals that the size of cattle holding, working age, gender, access to electricity, access to credit services, and livestock mobility influence household energy choices. Conclusions: The study concludes that household biogas energy use remains below expectations, even though subsidies make the units affordable for small farmers. We assert that households are more likely to adopt technologies that facilitate cooking food, baking injera, and preparing coffee. Biogas utilization might improve if farmers have access to improved stoves and credit services. However, policy makers also need to consider the possibility that providing access to biogas digesters may actually increase the use of traditional fuel sources and have the reverse effect than that intended.

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“…Waste separation at the source is necessary for reusing and recycling materials [4,29]. However, there are many factors influencing this, limiting its development [10,24,30] and preventing the development of the recycling practice.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Tadesse [4] notes that one way to curb this problem is to promote concern for the environment, which allows for controlling waste from the source while seeking adequate separation and disposal practices. Kurisu and Bortoleto [5] indicate that waste generation is closely related to product consumption, causing environmental problems, including greenhouse gases.…”

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Model to Evaluate Pro-Environmental Consumer Practices

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Abstract:The consumer plays a key role in resource conservation; therefore, it is important to know consumer behavior to identify consumer profiles and to promote pro-environmental practices in society that encourage resource conservation and reductions in waste generation. The purpose of this paper is to implement a fuzzy model to evaluate consumer behavior in relation to three pro-environmental practices that can be implemented at the household level, including reductions in resource consumption (reduce), reuse of resources (reuse), and recycling (recycle). To identify socio-demographic profiles that characterize an environmentally responsible consumer, 2831 surveys were applied on a representative sample of consumers residing in a Mexican city. Fuzzy logic and neural networks were applied using a Sugeno-type subtractive clustering to determine each profile. The model input variables were socioeconomic status, age, education level, monthly income, occupation and the type of organizations with which the consumer is affiliated. The output variables were represented by pro-environmental practices. Results show that the consumer practices are performed independently of each other, with the most frequent pro-environmental consumer practices being reduction and reuse.

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Environmental concern and its implication to household waste separation and disposal: Evidence from Mekelle, Ethiopia

Cited by 58 publications

References 20 publications

Predictors of Recycling Intentions among the Youth: A Developing Country Perspective

Predictors of Recycling Intentions among the Youth: A Developing Country Perspective

Factors influencing the adoption of biogas digesters in rural Ethiopia

Model to Evaluate Pro-Environmental Consumer Practices

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