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Article

A Survey on the Use of Plastic versus Biodegradable Bottles for Drinking Water Packaging in the United Arab Emirates

by
Himadri Rajput
1,2,
Munjed A. Maraqa
1,2,
Fatima Zraydi
3,
Lina A. Al Khatib
4,
Noor Ameen
5,
Rime Ben ElKaid
6,
Safia S. Al Jaberi
1,
Noura A. Alharbi
1,
Reka Howard
7 and
Ashraf Aly Hassan
1,2,*
1
Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain 15551, United Arab Emirates
2
National Water and Energy Center, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain 15551, United Arab Emirates
3
College of Education, Special Education Mild to Moderate Disability, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain 15551, United Arab Emirates
4
Electrical Engineering Department, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain 15551, United Arab Emirates
5
Mechanical Engineering Department, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain 15551, United Arab Emirates
6
Aerospace Engineering Department, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain 15551, United Arab Emirates
7
Institute of Agricultural and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68527, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Sustainability 2022, 14(5), 2664; https://doi.org/10.3390/su14052664
Submission received: 24 January 2022 / Revised: 16 February 2022 / Accepted: 20 February 2022 / Published: 24 February 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Degradation of Plastics in the Environment)
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Abstract

Due to intensive utilization and extensive production, plastic waste is becoming a serious threat to the environment and human health. The situation is even worse in countries such as the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where single-use plastic water bottles add to the load of plastic pollution. The main objective of this survey was to assess the extent of bottled water utilization by the UAE residents and their awareness of the environmental concerns arising from single-use plastic bottles. The aim was also to evaluate their willingness to shift towards using biodegradable plastic bottles. This study involved the feedback of 2589 respondents living in the UAE. The eigenvalue decomposition (EVD) was applied to determine the most responsible variables explaining the variability of our data set. A chi-square analysis was also used to determine the significance among the responses. Most of the respondents to this survey were UAE nationals (79.8%) of ages ranging from 21 to 35 years (42%), who were educated, with most holding a university degree (69.6%). Regardless of their gender, age, occupation, education, and income, a large group of respondents (40.7%) was concerned about the impact of their purchased items on the environment; however, the frequency of plastic products recycled was observed to be low (49.7%). According to the findings of this survey, 42.4% of the respondents were likely to purchase 100% biodegradable bottles, and about 70% of the respondents expressed a willingness to spend at least AED 1 more for purchasing 100% biodegradable bottles.
Keywords: plastic pollution; single-use plastic bottles; United Arab Emirates; survey; eigenvalue decomposition plastic pollution; single-use plastic bottles; United Arab Emirates; survey; eigenvalue decomposition

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Rajput, H.; Maraqa, M.A.; Zraydi, F.; Al Khatib, L.A.; Ameen, N.; Ben ElKaid, R.; Al Jaberi, S.S.; Alharbi, N.A.; Howard, R.; Aly Hassan, A. A Survey on the Use of Plastic versus Biodegradable Bottles for Drinking Water Packaging in the United Arab Emirates. Sustainability 2022, 14, 2664. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14052664

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Rajput H, Maraqa MA, Zraydi F, Al Khatib LA, Ameen N, Ben ElKaid R, Al Jaberi SS, Alharbi NA, Howard R, Aly Hassan A. A Survey on the Use of Plastic versus Biodegradable Bottles for Drinking Water Packaging in the United Arab Emirates. Sustainability. 2022; 14(5):2664. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14052664

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Rajput, Himadri, Munjed A. Maraqa, Fatima Zraydi, Lina A. Al Khatib, Noor Ameen, Rime Ben ElKaid, Safia S. Al Jaberi, Noura A. Alharbi, Reka Howard, and Ashraf Aly Hassan. 2022. "A Survey on the Use of Plastic versus Biodegradable Bottles for Drinking Water Packaging in the United Arab Emirates" Sustainability 14, no. 5: 2664. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14052664

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Rajput, H., Maraqa, M. A., Zraydi, F., Al Khatib, L. A., Ameen, N., Ben ElKaid, R., Al Jaberi, S. S., Alharbi, N. A., Howard, R., & Aly Hassan, A. (2022). A Survey on the Use of Plastic versus Biodegradable Bottles for Drinking Water Packaging in the United Arab Emirates. Sustainability, 14(5), 2664. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14052664

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