Household Awareness on Recycling and composting waste in Selayang, Selangor, Malaysia

Failure of proper household waste management causally linked to public attitudes andbehaviors. The main objectives of this study are to analyze the awareness level of householdsand their perception towards recycling and composting waste. Four hundred seven respondentsfrom Selayang, Malaysia, have participated in this questionnaire, revealing their demographicdetails, self‐measured level of awareness, and their perception of recycling and composting. Thecollected data were analyzed using descriptive analysis and Pearson correlation in SPSSsoftware. The results showed that young, less educated Malay males have a higher awarenesslevels on recycling, while young, higher educated single‐ and lower‐income people have higherawareness levels in composting. The overall result shows that the awareness level andknowledge on recycling and composting are high among Selayang area residents. The awarenesslevel and knowledge could be effectively applied in programs aiming at behavioral modificationand attitude change in communities towards waste management.

Keywords:

Recycling , Composting , Food waste , Sustainable waste management