Plastic Waste Sorting Intentions Amongst University Students

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41340%2F21%3A89268" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41340/21:89268 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/su13147526" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.3390/su13147526</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13147526" target="_blank" >10.3390/su13147526</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Plastic Waste Sorting Intentions Amongst University Students

Original language description

This paper focuses on plastic waste sorting intentions to address municipal solid waste challenges in developing countries. This study also adapts the theory of planned behavior (TPB) in evaluating the determinants of plastic waste sorting intentions among Nigerian students. Nine hundred and thirty nine respondents participated through questionnaire surveys. Findings of structural equation modelling depict that perceived behavioral control had the highest impact on the respondents plastic waste sorting intentions, followed by subjective norms, however, attitude was found to be insignificant and TPB explained seventy seven percent of the variance in waste sorting intentions. The importance of other influencing factors is also considered such as environmental awareness, volunteering, and study program in evaluating plastic waste sorting intentions and these factors were found to be statistically significant. Therefore, the results from this study add to the limited body of information on the applicatio

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Sustainability

ISSN

2071-1050

e-ISSN

2071-1050

Volume of the periodical

13

Issue of the periodical within the volume

14

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

25

Pages from-to

0-0

UT code for WoS article

000677171800001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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