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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The sheer volume of electrical and electronic waste (e-waste) has presently been generated in Vietnam, posing a growing concern regarding its impact can have on the environment and human health. Therefore, the need for developing policies and regulations towards the environmentally sound management of e-waste is becoming crucial. Although the municipalities play an important role in e-waste recycling program, there does not appear to be any study involving residents’ perceptions on e-waste management. This paper aims to examine the influencing factors of end users’ willingness to pay and their payment preferences toward e-waste recycling. METHODS: The logistic regression model was employed to analyze a qualified data set collected through a personal interview survey in Danang city, Vietnam. All analyses were conducted using Statistical Package for Social Sciences software (version 22.0). FINDINGS: The results revealed that the end users’ willingness to participate in recycling programs, laws and regulations, inconvenience of recycling and past experience were four key determinants significantly contributing to the willingness to pay for recycling e-waste. With regards recycling payment methods, most of the participants (36%) were in favor of deposit and refund scheme, while pre-disposal fees and advanced recycling fees came in second and third place (25.8% and 21%, respectively), making monthly payment of recycling fees the least preferred (10.2%). CONCLUSION: These findings may provide policy-makers with crucial information for better e-waste management policy development, which helps address the conflict between development and conservation, may be applicable in Vietnam and other countries as well.
背景和目标:越南目前产生了大量的电气和电子废物(电子废物),其对环境和人类健康的影响日益引起人们的关注。因此,制定对电子废物进行无害环境管理的政策和法规的必要性变得至关重要。虽然市政当局在电子废物回收计划中发挥着重要作用,但似乎没有任何研究涉及居民对电子废物管理的看法。本文旨在研究终端用户对电子垃圾回收的支付意愿及其支付偏好的影响因素。方法:采用logistic回归模型对越南岘港市个人访谈调查收集的合格数据集进行分析。所有分析均使用Statistical Package for Social Sciences软件(version 22.0)进行。研究发现:最终用户参与回收计划的意愿、法律法规、回收的不便和过去的经验是影响电子垃圾回收意愿的四个关键决定因素。在回收费用支付方式方面,大部分受访者(36%)支持押金和退款,其次是预处理费和提前回收费(分别为25.8%和21%),最不喜欢按月支付回收费(10.2%)。结论:这些发现可能为决策者更好地制定电子废物管理政策提供重要信息,有助于解决发展与保护之间的冲突,也可能适用于越南和其他国家。