The barriers upon recycling practice on construction waste among contractors in Kelantan

Unsustainable approaches such as landfilling and dumping activities had become the favor by the contractors in this country to manage the construction waste. Recycling was one of the sustainable methods to manage waste but the contractors in Kelantan were said to not adopt the sustainable waste management practices even though they acknowledged it. Furthermore, Kelantan also did not comply with the Solid Waste & Public Cleansing Management Act 2007 (Act 672). Therefore, this research aims to investigate the barriers to the recycling practice of construction waste among contractors in Kelantan. The objectives of this research are to identify the awareness of recycling construction waste, determine the barriers to the low rate of recycling construction waste and recommend ways to encourage practice among the contractors in Kelantan. Quantitative method was adapted in this research with the approach of questionnaire survey. Local G7 contractors with valid CIDB's registration and handling building projects in Kata Bharu, Kelantan were the selected respondents for this research. The collected data were analyzed by descriptive analysis method using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 28. A total of 112 questionnaires were distributed through E-mails and direct calls, and 57% of response rates were received then, which was 64 responses.