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Solid waste management is one of the crucial environmental issues in Malaysia whereby it contributes to the sustainable development for current and future generation. However, a lack of awareness among community in achieving sustainability in solid is relatively low. Information related to this environmental issue needs to be shared among the community, such as students, in order to educate them and create a conducive environment. Thus, this study is conducted to identify the relationship between knowledge, practice, attitude, and perception against awareness and to find the significant factors that contributes on students’ awareness on solid waste management (SWM) and environmental care (EC) at UiTM Negeri Sembilan Branch, Seremban Campus. A set of questionnaires is distributed among the students from the College of Computing, Informatics and Media, Faculty of Sport Science and Recreation and Faculty of Administrative and Policy Studies using an online platform such as WhatsApp and Telegram. A total of 355 respondents participated in this study. The questionnaire is divided into two parts, which are Part A for respondents’ demography and Part B for student’s awareness on solid waste management and environmental care. The results obtained in Part A are analyzed using descriptive statistics, while the results obtained in Part B are analyzed using Multiple Linear Regression. The overall results obtained in this study show that students’ knowledge, practice, attitude and perception have positive relationship towards students’ awareness of solid waste management and environmental care.
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In-Text Citation: (Zulkipli et al., 2023)
To Cite this Article: Zulkipli, F., Akbar, N. F. N., Salleh, N. S., & Khalid, K. I. (2023). Students’ Awareness on Solid Waste Management and Environmental Care: A Case Study at UiTM Negeri Sembilan Branch, Seremban Campus. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 13(6), 45 – 54.
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