Constraints to Clients’ Acceptance of Recycled Construction Materials in Developing Nations: Professionals’ Perspective †
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Construction Material Recycling and Clients’ Acceptance
3. Constraints to Clients’ Acceptance of Recycled Construction Materials
4. Methodology
5. Results
6. Discussion
7. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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95% Confidence Interval of the Diff. | ||||||||
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Constraints | T | Df | Sig. (1-Tailed) | Mean | SD | Mean Diff. | Lower | Upper |
Lack of recycling facilities | 9.956 | 109 | <0.001 | 4.25 | 0.795 | 0.755 | 0.528 | 0.950 |
Resistance to change | 7.913 | 109 | <0.001 | 4.22 | 0.952 | 0.718 | 0.500 | 0.919 |
Absence of appropriate technology | 8.098 | 109 | <0.001 | 4.20 | 0.907 | 0.700 | 0.717 | 1.165 |
Limited availability of recycled materials | 7.759 | 109 | <0.001 | 4.20 | 0.946 | 0.700 | 0.460 | 0.871 |
Lack of information about recycled products | 7.768 | 109 | <0.001 | 4.18 | 0.921 | 0.682 | 0.319 | 0.715 |
Lack of proper standards | 7.788 | 109 | <0.001 | 4.16 | 0.894 | 0.664 | 0.722 | 1.173 |
Negative perception from clients | 7.453 | 109 | <0.001 | 4.16 | 0.934 | 0.664 | 0.457 | 0.867 |
Lack of awareness | 7.453 | 109 | <0.001 | 4.16 | 0.934 | 0.664 | 0.526 | 0.946 |
Limiting standards and specifications | 7.453 | 109 | <0.001 | 4.16 | 0.934 | 0.664 | 0.463 | 0.877 |
Distrust on technical feasibility of recycled materials | 7.152 | 109 | <0.001 | 4.13 | 0.920 | 0.627 | 0.558 | 0.984 |
Lack of government support | 7.003 | 109 | <0.001 | 4.11 | 0.912 | 0.609 | 0.525 | 0.944 |
Uncertainty of quality | 5.471 | 109 | <0.001 | 4.07 | 1.098 | 0.573 | 0.321 | 0.720 |
Availability of raw materials | 7.037 | 109 | <0.001 | 4.07 | 0.854 | 0.573 | 0.460 | 0.873 |
Low supply and demand | 5.512 | 109 | <0.001 | 4.02 | 0.986 | 0.518 | 0.554 | 0.977 |
Cost influence/cheaper and easy to landfill | 5.083 | 109 | <0.001 | 4.00 | 1.032 | 0.500 | 0.530 | 0.952 |
Fear of legality issues associated with the use of recycled materials | 3.447 | 109 | <0.001 | 3.87 | 1.134 | 0.373 | 0.497 | 0.912 |
Constraints | p-Values |
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Uncertainty of quality | 0.167 |
Lack of information about recycled products | 0.212 |
Lack of recycling facilities | 0.136 |
Lack of government support | 0.201 |
Lack of proper standards | 0.013 |
Absence of appropriate technology | 0.257 |
Availability of raw materials | 0.051 |
Negative perceptions from clients | 0.004 |
Cost influence/cheaper and easy to landfill | 0.047 |
Lack of awareness | 0.067 |
Distrust on the technical feasibility of recycled materials | 0.003 |
Low supply and demand | 0.154 |
Limiting standards and specifications | 0.513 |
Limited availability of recycled materials | 0.007 |
Resistance to change | 0.121 |
Fear of legality issues associated with the use of recycled materials | 0.380 |
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Otasowie, K.; Aigbavboa, C.; Oke, A.; Adekunle, P.; Liphadzi, M. Constraints to Clients’ Acceptance of Recycled Construction Materials in Developing Nations: Professionals’ Perspective. Eng. Proc. 2024, 76, 60. https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2024076060
Otasowie K, Aigbavboa C, Oke A, Adekunle P, Liphadzi M. Constraints to Clients’ Acceptance of Recycled Construction Materials in Developing Nations: Professionals’ Perspective. Engineering Proceedings. 2024; 76(1):60. https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2024076060
Chicago/Turabian StyleOtasowie, Kenneth, Clinton Aigbavboa, Ayodeji Oke, Peter Adekunle, and Murendeni Liphadzi. 2024. "Constraints to Clients’ Acceptance of Recycled Construction Materials in Developing Nations: Professionals’ Perspective" Engineering Proceedings 76, no. 1: 60. https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2024076060