Table 3.
Future recommendations for sustainable WEEE management.
| No | Recommendation | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Awareness of initiatives, laws, and regulations | ⁃Conduct separate research to establish consumer knowledge of programmes, policies, and regulations related to minimising e-waste. The table highlights the specifics of the gaps as well as recommendations for future research. ⁃One method is to conduct a comparative study, which involves assessing the e-waste disposal practises and legislation of various nations or regions to find best practices and possible areas for development. ⁃Simultaneously, economic analysis may be performed to determine the potential costs and advantages associated with various e-waste disposal strategies and governmental actions. |
| 2. | Increase sample size and focus group | ⁃While this study's sample size is 500 respondents, increasing the sample size would assist to improve the representativeness of the data and the statistical power of the analysis. This might be accomplished by surveying a bigger and more varied population, or by adopting online data-gathering tools to reach a larger audience. ⁃By doing so, researchers could obtain a more comprehensive understanding of e-waste generation and management behaviours and attitudes across different demographics, which would help to inform policy decisions and promote effective strategies for e-waste management. ⁃On the other hand, focus groups entail convening a small group of members to explore a given issue in depth. Focus groups could be employed in the context of e-waste disposal to investigate consumer motives and behaviours connected to the storage of obsolete electronic equipment, which is frequently a main element in e-waste development, and their disposal behaviours. ⁃To ensure a more comprehensive understanding of the material flow of e-waste, future studies could target specific age groups, income levels, or geographic locations, thereby capturing diverse perspectives on e-waste generation and management. Research, for example, may target low-income customers to better understand their e-waste disposal behaviours and identify potential hurdles to efficient e-waste management. Policymakers and stakeholders may obtain significant insights into consumer behaviour and establish more effective e-waste management policies by doing such targeted research. |
| 3. | More research in other Malaysia states | ⁃It is recommended that other researchers conduct consumer behavioural studies in different states in Malaysia to identify gaps and similarities to improve the national WEEE system. This current analysis in Putrajaya can be used as a baseline study for other urban and rural areas in Malaysia |