Community empowerment of waste management in the urban environment: More attention on waste issues through formal and informal educations

IF 3.1 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
A. Brotosusilo, D. Utari, H. A. Negoro, A. Firdaus, R. A. Velentina
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Indonesia's economic growth is estimated to be driven by high levels of consumption which lead to large amounts of waste. Education is required to raise environmental awareness among the population as it is one of the ways to overcome the waste issue, especially in urban areas, which are the engines of economic growth. This study aims to determine whether the higher levels of education have a greater impact on citizens regarding environmental concerns such as littering.METHODS: The study took logistics regression on the primary data survey from 7 cities (Jakarta, Jambi, Muaro Jambi, Ambon, Padang, Surabaya, and Tasikmalaya) in Indonesia during 2019-2021. The survey includes 563 observations on the household level, involving a total of 2,349 respondents. The logistic regression predicts the likelihood of urban citizens to litter, given their socio-economic backgrounds and existing littering behavior and environmental awareness.FINDINGS: This study found that education did not affect decreasing the value of littering behavior as expected since it is estimated that an increase of 1 year in school will increase the probability of littering by 0.0189. Formal education is not enough to decrease the probability of littering behavior on the individual level. In contrast, informal education taught on keeping a clean environment matters is better than conventional formal education. Besides that, having self-initiative on environmental caring and good habits from childhood will decrease the probability of littering on an individual level. An individual has a self-initiative, the probability of littering will be 0.1732 times lower than those who do not have self-initiative. This study also found that per capita income and per capita expenditure in big cities in Indonesia ranged between USD 156,903 and USD 116,857. These economic factors affect the behavior of citizens not to litter. The per capita expenditure increasing by USD 1 per person per day will decrease the probability of littering by -0.0468. However, these factors are not enough to minimize the littering behavior since the disposal place availability becomes another keys factor in decreasing littering behavior on urban citizens.CONCLUSION: The government should also focus on building citizens' behavior regarding waste management awareness especially building good habits since childhood and individual initiative, simultaneously implementing the programs to reduce waste production.
社区在城市环境中加强废物管理:通过正规和非正规教育更加重视废物问题
背景和目标:据估计,印度尼西亚的经济增长是由高消费水平推动的,这导致了大量的废物。教育是解决废物问题的方法之一,尤其是在作为经济增长引擎的城市地区,因此需要提高人们的环境意识。这项研究旨在确定较高的教育水平是否对公民的环境问题(如乱扔垃圾)产生更大的影响。方法:本研究对2019-2021年印尼7个城市(雅加达、占碑、穆阿罗-占碑、安汶、巴东、泗水和马来西亚)的主要数据调查进行了物流回归。这项调查包括563项家庭层面的意见,共涉及2349名受访者。考虑到城市居民的社会经济背景、现有的乱扔垃圾行为和环境意识,逻辑回归预测了他们乱扔垃圾的可能性。研究结果:这项研究发现,教育并没有像预期的那样影响减少乱扔垃圾行为的价值,因为据估计,在学校里多呆一年会使乱扔垃圾的概率增加0.0189。正规教育不足以在个人层面上降低乱扔垃圾行为的概率。相比之下,关于保持清洁环境的非正规教育比传统的正规教育要好。除此之外,从小就有环保意识和良好习惯会降低个人乱扔垃圾的概率。一个个体具有自我主动性,乱扔垃圾的概率将比那些没有自我主动性的个体低0.1732倍。该研究还发现,印尼大城市的人均收入和人均支出在156903美元至116857美元之间。这些经济因素影响了公民不乱扔垃圾的行为。每人每天增加1美元的人均支出将使乱扔垃圾的概率降低-0.0468。然而,这些因素不足以最大限度地减少乱扔垃圾的行为,因为垃圾处理场所的可用性成为减少城市居民乱扔垃圾行为的另一个关键因素。结论:政府还应重点培养公民的废物管理意识,特别是从小养成良好习惯和个人主动性,同时实施减少废物产生的计划。
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