Available Online at www.e-iph.co.uk Indexed in Clarivate Analytics WoS, and ScienceOPEN AIVCE-BS-2, 2020ShahAlam https://www.amerabra.org; https://fspu.uitm.edu.my/cebs; https://www.emasemasresources.com/ AMEABRA International Virtual Conference on Environment-Behaviour Studies,2 nd Series cE-Bs, FSPU, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, 02-03 Dec 2020 eISSN: 2398-4287© 2020. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v5i15.2489. 415 Factors that Contribute to Domestic Waste Recycling: A Preliminary Survey Hamizah Yakob 1 , Nurul Rif’ah Afiqah Abd Rauf 2 , Yusfida Ayu Abdullah 3 , Oliver Ling Hoon Leh 4 1,3,4 Centre of Studies for Town and Regional, Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Puncak Alam Campus, Malaysia. 2 Centre of Postgraduate Studies, Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. hamizah1204@gmail.com, nurulrifahafiqah@gmail.com, ayunazeri@gmail.com, oliver3979@uitm.edu.my Tel: 012-2221768 Abstract It is undeniable that household recycling was studied extensively. Nonetheless, the recycling behaviour of householders living in urban areas has received less attention including in Malaysia. Therefore, the objective of this preliminary study is to outline the perception of factors that drive humans to recycle domestic waste among urban households. The study conducts a site investigation and questionnaire survey in six (6) suburbs of Shah Alam by using a Convenience Sampling method. The outcomes are influenced by not only the factors in recycling but human attitudes and behaviours, which reflect their contribution towards waste generation and domestic waste recycling practice. Keywords: Human Behaviour; Domestic Waste Recycling; Waste Generation; Urban Households eISSN: 2398-4287© 2020. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v5i15.2489. 1. Introduction Malaysia is experiencing the global issues of waste management, scarcity of land for landfill, weaknesses in recycling management and enforcement, lack of the 3R hierarchy practice, pollution and rising cost of waste management (Behzad, Ahmad, Saied, Elmira & Bin, 2011). There was also an absence of mechanism and studies focusing on domestic waste for recycling. Separating domestic waste into recyclable items can reduce the mass amount of waste mostly generated from households. It classifies waste reduction based on the ability to reduce waste such as unwanted clothes, electronic and gadgets, furniture, newspaper, bottles and metals. There were many issues related to waste disposal management and particularly mechanism to recycling such as the belief of being sustainable but unfortunately not the practice. The idea of environmental sustainability is linked with “nature and technology” but people behaviours did not indicate their interest in environmental sustainability (Tolinski, 2012). Many may not realise that household goods can be recycled. Yet, up to this day, waste disposal management issues continue. Mokhtar (2016) shared the disturbing statistics with regards to waste management showing an increased volume of waste collected each day. This situation leads to scarcity of land for landfill and leads to the rising cost of waste management. Other than that, Malaysia is far from being successful in terms of recycling activities as compared to other developing countries with higher recycling rate such as German, Taiwan, Sweden and Singapore. Additionally, (Shahol Hamid, & Agamuthu, 2012) claimed that the public's practice of the Global 3Rs approach is still lacking. Several studies discovered the same issues of the lack of recycling (Ahmad, Ahmad and Tahir, 2017; Jereme, Siwar and Mahmudul Alam, 2015; Wee and Mat Radzuan,