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Malaysian and Libyan perspectives on single-use plastic's environmental impact during the pandemic COVID-19: a pilot study

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cris.virtual.department Universiti Malaysia Perlis
cris.virtual.department Universiti Malaysia Perlis
cris.virtualsource.department 792ec5af-13db-4e28-a57c-d12b7fb78080
cris.virtualsource.department ec49013f-e89a-4095-94ed-30a940ebfacc
dc.contributor.author Kamal Yousef Ali Zreba
dc.contributor.author Tengku Nuraiti Tengku Izhar
dc.contributor.author Farah Naemah Mohd Saad
dc.contributor.author Irnis Azura Zakarya
dc.contributor.author Rajeb Salem A.Hwidi
dc.date.accessioned 2025-12-18T02:19:35Z
dc.date.available 2025-12-18T02:19:35Z
dc.date.issued 2023
dc.description.abstract Plastics have become a significant threat to natural ecosystems as well as human health. The use and consumption of plastics improves our quality of life significantly, but it is critical to transition to more sustainable alternatives. Thus, the current study proposes an investigation into the impact of single use plastic products during pandemic on the impact to the environment from the Malaysian and Libyan perspective. A pilot study was conducted to examine the strength of the questionnaire in collecting on the environmental impacts of single use plastic during COVID-19 pandemic distributed across two countries (Libya and Malaysia). SPSS was used to test the questionnaires' strength with 40 participants, 20 in each nation. The reliability test results with Cronbach’s Alpha predicted values of 0.7-0.86 and actual data Alpha values 0.87-0.93, normal test of variance inflation factor ranging between 1 and 5, skewness and kurtosis values of -1.343 to -0.076 and 5.312 to -0.024 respectively confirmed the strength of the questionnaires as benchmarked in the literature. Further, the participants' responses to the quality of the questionnaire in determining the single use plastic impact to environmental have clearly revealed the strength and applicability of this questionnaire for wider data collections.
dc.identifier.doi 10.30880/IJIE.2023.15.02.028
dc.identifier.uri https://publisher.uthm.edu.my/ojs/index.php/ijie/article/view/13344/5884
dc.identifier.uri https://publisher.uthm.edu.my/
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14170/15531
dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher Penerbit UTHM
dc.relation.ispartof International Journal of Integrated Engineering
dc.relation.issn 2229-838X
dc.relation.issn 2600-7916
dc.subject COVID-19
dc.subject Cronbach’s Alpha
dc.subject Waste management
dc.subject Single use plastic
dc.subject Environmental impact
dc.title Malaysian and Libyan perspectives on single-use plastic's environmental impact during the pandemic COVID-19: a pilot study
dc.type journal-article
dspace.entity.type Publication
oaire.citation.endPage 293
oaire.citation.issue 2
oaire.citation.startPage 283
oaire.citation.volume 15
oairecerif.author.affiliation Universiti Malaysia Perlis
oairecerif.author.affiliation Universiti Malaysia Perlis
oairecerif.author.affiliation Universiti Malaysia Perlis
oairecerif.author.affiliation Universiti Malaysia Perlis
oairecerif.author.affiliation Higher Institute of Technical Water Affairs, El Ajelat, Libya
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