Exploring Attitude Domain Influencing Household Waste in Taiping, Perak

Siti Hajar binti Ahmad Kamel and Junaida Ismail
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Siti Hajar binti Ahmad Kamel: Faculty of Administrative Science and Policy Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA Kedah Branch, 08400 Merbok, Kedah
Junaida Ismail: Faculty of Administrative Science and Policy Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA Kedah Branch, 08400 Merbok, Kedah

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2025, vol. 9, issue 1, 4666-4676

Abstract: The current recycling rate in Malaysia is approximately 31.52%, falling short of the government’s goal to achieve a 40% recycling rate by 2025. The Twelfth Malaysia Plan aims to enhance waste separation and recycling facilities. In Taiping, Perak, illegal waste disposal remains a critical issue, with significant environmental contamination and low recycling practices among residents. This study explores the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) which are attitude, subjective norms and perceived behaviors control to understand household recycling intentions in Taiping, Perak. This study will only focus on attitude. This study will provide insights to support Malaysia’s recycling targets and addressing the challenges of illegal waste disposal. It is hope that this study able to give clearer insight for decision makers in making better solutions to tackle those issues. In obtaining data Quantitative method is used and statistical analytic like descriptive analysis, Spearman’s correlation and multiple regression are applied in this study. It is found that, attitude have a significant relationship with the intention in recycling household waste. Thus, in order to increase the intention in recycling household waste, attitude need to be put into account.

Date: 2025
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