Perceived versus objective knowledge towards a sustainable solid waste management in Northern Nicosia
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Perceived versus objective knowledge towards a sustainable solid waste management in Northern Nicosia Ime Akanyeti1,2 · Cagin Kazimoglu3 · Talent Kanyemba2,4 Received: 10 January 2020 / Accepted: 9 July 2020 © Springer Japan KK, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract General environmental knowledge is often attributed to positive environmental behaviour; however, a very little is known about how perceived and objective knowledge influences behaviour within the context of SSWM. This study measures people’s perceived and objective knowledge on SSWM methods and evaluates which one of these has more impact on participation. A semi-structured survey study was conducted on 400 adults. The results show that 83% of the participants were concerned about solid waste pollution; however, most of them knew very little about SSWM methods. Total participants’ scores for perceived and objective knowledge were 63 and 15%, respectively. The disparity between the perceived and objective knowledge was rather unexpected as 70% of the participants had a degree in higher education. Compared to objective knowledge, perceived knowledge had a larger impact on SSWM behaviour. In addition, the participants with perceived knowledge were more motivated to receive education on SSWM than the others. The findings suggest that a sense of understanding related to perceived knowledge positively correlates with public engagement. In conclusion, the environmental educators should develop effective active learning techniques to equip the learners with both types of knowledge focusing more on the perceived one as part of the compulsory education. Keywords Environmental education · Sustainable solid waste management · Participation · Objective knowledge · Perceived knowledge
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Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10163-020-01078-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. * Ime Akanyeti [email protected] 1
Environmental Engineering, Engineering Faculty, Cyprus International University, Via Mersin 10, Haspolat, Nicosia, Northern Cyprus, Turkey
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Environmental Research Centre, Cyprus International University, Via Mersin 10, Haspolat, Nicosia, Northern Cyprus, Turkey
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Computer Engineering, Engineering Faculty, Cyprus International University, Via Mersin 10, Haspolat, Nicosia, Northern Cyprus, Turkey
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Environmental Science, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Cyprus International University, Via Mersin 10, Haspolat, Nicosia, North Cyprus, Turkey
The increase in world population has caused excessive resource consumption and generation of large quantities of solid waste [1]. Municipal solid waste generation and its disposal are major problems especially in developing countries where technical and social means are not sufficient to develop a sustainable solid waste management (SSWM) system [1, 2]. Improper waste management, particularly littering and wild dumping, triggers many adverse impacts on the envir
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