Plastic waste and e-waste management, pollution, and recycling in Mali

This thesis contributes to the existent literature which has limited documentation on understanding household knowledge, awareness, attitude, disposal practice, and willingness to pay (WTP) about plastic, electrical and electrical waste management (WEEE) related in the context of Mali, with a special interest on the level of awareness, knowledge on plastic and electrical and electronic waste equipment, the main reason behind discarding, special choice, and disposal practice. To this end, the goal of this investigation is to stipulate analytical knowledge principles for facilitating a policy agenda by evaluating the actual plastic and e-waste management tendency among households. Study data has been gathered by handing out survey forms randomly through fillable papers or face-to-face and online through Google Forms. Therefore, 455 participants were surveyed. The present investigation discovered a very considerable amount of knowledge on plastic and e-waste among respondents (e.g., 89,45%). Environmental factors consideration while purchasing are very limited. For instance, energy efficiency (25.69%), and (14.27%) for CO2 emission. With the presence of the unofficial sector in waste controlling namely collection and recycling, this investigation found that 14.95% (e-waste) and 10.11% (PW) of the household were selling items to scrap collectors for economic benefits. Around 34,5% and 20.22% respectively for e-waste and PW of households throw their items with household waste. 67.91% of households were eager to pay an extra fee for developing a sustainable waste management system. As a recommendation, a particular legal framework on e-waste devices and plastic products should carefully be developed to bolster and assist actors to take part in plastic and e-waste management. On the other hand, despite the level of awareness and knowledge, the WM situation is still worsening in Mali. Furthermore, the education system should include an intensive program to deeper warn households about the matter for true, clear, and precise ecological awareness enhancement. Municipal authorities should also play an important role in the awareness-building program in Mali.