Determinants of adopting web-based systems for e-waste management and ensuring sustainable environment: Evidence from Bangladesh

Abstract

This study identifies the role of web-based systems for e-waste management in ensuring a sustainable environment and explores the determinants of adopting web-based systems for sustainable e-waste management, highlighting their potential and uniqueness to reduce human involvement, costs, and processing time in Bangladesh. After thoroughly examining the literature, subject matter experts select and validate ten determinants. The causal links are then visualized through an integrated approach of "partial least squares (PLS)" and "structural equation modeling (SEM)." The study's conclusions point to automation, intelligent decision-making, and sustainable quality control as the three most crucial determinants determining the adoption of web-based systems for managing e-waste, thereby ensuring sustainability. Real-time information, safety management, and government support are other important determinants. Furthermore, the association between e-waste management system adoption and behavioral intention is significantly moderated by automation. The research output might assist waste management professionals in developing suitable plans for implementing web-based e-waste management and creating efficient, automated e-waste procedures, ensuring sustainability.