FACTORS INFLUENCING BEHAVIOR OF WASTE RECYCLING IN A WASTE BANK PROGRAM IN JAKARTA

• Main Author: Riefky Akbar, Teuku
• Format: Theses
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/43961
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

With the economic growth in the world and the increasing number of people living in urban areas, solid waste problems become one of the prominent issues and that situation also emerge in Jakarta. Recycling was one strategy for waste reduction. One of the recycling programs conducted by neighborhood communities is the waste bank. The participants of waste bank separate their waste into resources and residues and can gain economic benefits according to the number of resources. However, not all participants of the waste banks saved their waste in the bank regularly. This study assesses the differences in the characteristics of active and inactive waste bank members, identifying factors that influencing the level of members activity on the program and determine the most influential factors that encourage waste bank members to be an active member. The questionnaire survey was conducted for 366 respondents that randomly selected from 2,200 members in Duren Sawit sub-district, Jakarta Timur. There were 22 questions about psychological, situational, and economic factors. The questions were answered using a Likert scale, which ranges from 1 (Strongly disagree) to 5 (Strongly agree). The socio-demographic variables and respondent’s recycling activities were also asked. Respondents were divided into two groups, based on the frequency of recyclable waste collection. The first group brought in recyclable waste up to five times per year, as this group was considered to be inactive group. The secondii group brought in recyclable waste more than five times per year and was considered to be an active group. The results of the questionnaire are analyzed using the Mann-Whitney test in SPSS to learn the significant differences between groups. Then, factor analysis was conducted to group the Likert-scale variable into a smaller number of underlying factors. And finally, Logistic Regression Analysis was conducted to measure the predictors of recycling activities. The results show that socio-demographic variables do not seem to differ significantly between active and inactive participants. Factors that can affect the behavior of recycling waste bank programs, namely Environmental Awareness, Perceived Convenience, Economic Benefit, Social Norm, Perceived Facility Condition and Space Availability. The most determinant factors that are significantly influencing the frequency of recyclable waste separation are Perceived Convenience and Perceived Facility Condition.