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Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 18-02-2023
Abstract: Mobile phones are the most heavily utilised electronic devices on a global scale. Since they are relatively smaller than other electronic devices, unlike other electronic waste (e-waste), they are not disposed of properly. Hence, this study examines the factors influencing mobile phone users’ overall intention to recycle their mobile phones. The factors used originate from the theory of planned behaviour (TPB), but additional factors were also included, namely, perceived benefits and data security, to allow for a more in-depth analysis of customer behaviour. Partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) was employed to analyse 601 results from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) through a self-administered online survey. The results demonstrate that perceived benefits (whether environmental or financial) and perceived behavioural control possess the most statistically significant positive effects on the UAE mobile phone users’ intention to participate in reverse supply chain (RSC) processes such as refurbishing or recycling. The impacts of attitude and subjective norms were the second most positive influences. Meanwhile, only 7% of UAE mobile phone users were significantly impacted by data security in participating in RSC processes. Additionally, recycling intention had no noticeable mediation effect on the relationship among the TPB variables and the extended variables (namely, data security and perceived benefits) and mobile phone recycling behaviour. The study offers confidence to industrial players in implementing these particular factors in their reverse supply chain management (RSCM) systems to influence more users to return end-of-life (EOL) or end-of-use (EOU) mobile phones, which could, in return, assist in resource preservation and environmental protection.
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 17-02-2022
DOI: 10.3390/SU14042282
Abstract: Repeated actions and behaviours are characteristic of people’s daily lives. However, there is a dilemma when this repeated action is associated with mobile phone recycling since convincing mobile users to recycle sustainably is challenging. This study analysed the four factors (i.e., actual knowledge, salience, environmental constraints, and habits) adopted from the Integrated Behavioural Model (IBM) theory and examined their impact on behavioural sustainability. A partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) approach was applied to evaluate 601 responses from a self-administered online survey collected from mobile user participants based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The survey findings indicated that habit has the strongest and statistically significant positive influence on behaviour followed by knowledge and skills. Additionally, the salience of behaviour has a considerably negative influence on behaviour sustainability unaffected by environmental constraints. This study serves as a springboard for future research examining the IBM model to understand recycling behaviour in general and smartphone recycling sustainability in particular. Additionally, this research can assist smartphone manufacturers in understanding the factors that will maintain the recycling behaviour continuity, increasing the number of returned devices.
Publisher: Qeios Ltd
Date: 12-08-2023
DOI: 10.32388/R5JMR5.2
Abstract: The rapid growth in mobile phone usage has led to an increase in discarded devices. These mobile phones contain hazardous materials that can pollute the environment if not disposed of properly. Recycling mobile phones is a more sustainable option, but it requires user cooperation. This study investigates the factors influencing the intention of mobile phone users to recycle their devices. It focuses on potential demographic differences, particularly age and gender, in attitudes towards mobile phone recycling and stockpiling among men and women in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Using a framework that extends the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB), this study incorporates new factors, such as data security and perceived benefits, along with additional factors from the Integrated Business Model (IBM). The study analyzed 601 self-administered online survey responses from UAE residents. Results showed that women were less concerned about data privacy (21%) than men (27%), and stored more devices (34.8%) than men (29.2%), especially when the number of stored devices was two. However, men outnumbered women when the number of stored devices was three or four, with ratios of 15.6% and 13.4% versus 10.4% and 6.8%, respectively. The findings of this study offer valuable insights for stakeholders in the mobile phone industry, underscoring the need to consider demographic differences in attitudes towards recycling and stockpiling when designing Reverse Supply Chain Management (RSCM) systems.
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 08-05-2021
Abstract: Mobile phone consumers have been motivated by the rapid growth of technology and encouraged to update their devices regularly to keep up with new innovations, architectures, and capabilities. Consequently, mobile/cell phone waste has risen significantly in the last decade. Due to their small size, it is convenient for users to keep outdated or unused mobile phones at home or the office, rather than recycling them appropriately. A reverse supply chain (RSC) is one possible method of mitigating the questionable e-waste activity present in the ecosystem. RSC has been significant for the mobile phone industry, user states, analysts, and scholars. This paper reviews the available literature in the RSC management (RSCM) domain, along with its processes and strategies. The paper reviews 223 published scholarly papers in the domain of mobile phone waste recycling and investigates 22 papers related to factors influencing consumers’ intention with regard to electronic recycling, focusing on mobile devices, which contribute significantly to electronic waste management practices.
Publisher: Qeios Ltd
Date: 04-08-2023
DOI: 10.32388/R5JMR5
Abstract: The rapid growth in mobile phone usage has led to an increase in discarded devices. These mobile phones contain hazardous materials that can pollute the environment if not disposed of properly. Recycling mobile phones is a more sustainable option, but it requires user cooperation. This study investigates the factors influencing the intention of mobile phone users to recycle their devices. It focuses on potential demographic differences, particularly age and gender, in attitudes towards mobile phone recycling and stockpiling among men and women in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Using a framework that extends the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB), this study incorporates new factors, such as data security and perceived benefits, along with additional factors from the Integrated Business Model (IBM). The study analyzed 601 self-administered online survey responses from UAE residents. Results showed that women were less concerned about data privacy (21%) than men (27%), and stored more devices (34.8%) than men (29.2%), especially when the number of stored devices was two. However, men outnumbered women when the number of stored devices was three or four, with ratios of 15.6% and 13.4% versus 10.4% and 6.8%, respectively. The findings of this study offer valuable insights for stakeholders in the mobile phone industry, underscoring the need to consider demographic differences in attitudes towards recycling and stockpiling when designing Reverse Supply Chain Management (RSCM) systems.
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