ABSTRACT

Increasing waste quantities are hampering the City of Johannesburg to prolong the lifespan of landfill sites while attempting to adopt an integrated solid waste management approach. Although all inhabitants need to play a meaningful role in reducing this burden, Millennials have an even more crucial contribution to make as they constitute 34.3% of the local population. By means of questionnaire-administered interviews, this case study investigated knowledge of recycling benefits, participation levels and reasons for non-participation among Millennials in Johannesburg. Five hypotheses were also tested to assess the relationship between recycling behaviour and socio-demographical attributes. It was found that although the majority of respondents understood the benefits of recycling, 61.1% were not involved in waste recycling. Also, the respondent's attributes did not influence their recycling behaviour. It is, therefore, recommended that the city's management should provide recycling facilities at accessible distances so that waste sorting and recovery rates can be enhanced.

摘要

越来越多的废物数量阻碍了约翰内斯堡市在尝试采用综合固体废物管理方法的同时延长垃圾填埋场的使用寿命。尽管所有居民都需要在减轻这一负担方面发挥有意义的作用，但千禧一代的贡献更为重要，因为他们占当地人口的 34.3%。通过问卷调查的方式，本案例研究调查了约翰内斯堡千禧一代对回收效益、参与程度和不参与原因的了解。还测试了五个假设以评估回收行为与社会人口属性之间的关系。结果发现，虽然大部分受访者了解回收的好处，但 61.1% 的受访者并未参与废物回收。还，受访者的属性不影响他们的回收行为。因此，建议城市管理层应在可及的距离提供回收设施，以提高废物分类和回收率。