DOI: https://doi.org/10.59321/BAUETJ.V4I2.20
AUTHOR(S)
Mst. Esrat Jahan
ABSTRACT
Management of wastes has arisen as a gigantic task in the present time, because intensive economic and industrial growth has raised the size and amount of wastes to such an extent, which is very difficult to deal with and find suitable place to dump these and properly manage them. The present study aims to analyze the waste recycling and reusing behavior of the households of Rajshahi city and to identify the factors that affect their waste recycling and reusing behavior. The study has extended the theory of planned behavior (TPB) and made use of their behavior related variables including wastes reusing and recycling. A well-structured questionnaire was carried out with 360 randomly selected respondents in Rajshahi City. Respondents’ households were asked questions regarding their socioeconomic and waste related behavior through a well-structured questionnaire. Binary Logistic Regression Model (BLRM) has been applied to identify factors affecting their waste related behavior. In case of waste recycling and reusing behavior, about 80% have reported that they frequently practice waste recycling and reusing. The result of the logistic regression model shows that education, level of income, daily amount of waste generation in the household and their environmental consciousness significantly influence their waste recycling and reusing behavior. The findings of the study has significant implications for guiding policies to enhance waste recycling activities of the area through the simultaneous participation of households and municipal authorities to attain sustainable environment.