Student intention of using eco-cup rental machines: a unified theory of acceptance and use of technology analysis

Lin, Yue-Ming; Kumar Mishra, Asit; Mishra, Mrinalini

Student intention of using eco-cup rental machines: a unified theory of acceptance and use of technology analysis

dc.check.date	2026-06-11	en
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dc.contributor.author	Lin, Yue-Ming	en
dc.contributor.author	Kumar Mishra, Asit	en
dc.contributor.author	Mishra, Mrinalini	en
dc.contributor.funder	HORIZON EUROPE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions	en
dc.date.accessioned	2025-07-09T11:53:02Z
dc.date.available	2025-07-09T11:53:02Z
dc.date.issued	2025-06-11	en
dc.description.abstract	To tackle the increasing use of disposable cups in Taiwan, the government has introduced measures such as a ban on plastics and promoting reusable cups, including through rental machines for reusable cups, called eco-cup rental machines. We investigated the intention of university students using eco-cup rental machines on their campus. We analyzed the factors that influence the decision-making process of the students, based on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model. The UTAUT model considers these factors, performance expectancy (PE), effort expectancy (EE), social influence (SI), and facilitating conditions (FC), affecting individuals’ behavior intention (BI) to adopt and use new technologies. In a survey covering 101 students from the campus, our results showed that PE (r = 0.48), EE (0.35), SI (0.46), and FC (0.38) had statistically significant correlations with BI. The multivariate relation and partial least squares structural equation model indicated that PE and SI had the largest relative importance influence on BI (38 and 41%, respectively). Our findings suggest that eco-cup rental machines, and similar drives toward reusable cups, need to be nudged forward through improving their social acceptance, consequently providing positive social cues to individual users and designing easy-to-use schemes.	en
dc.description.status	Peer reviewed	en
dc.description.version	Accepted Version	en
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dc.identifier.citation	Lin, Y.-M., Mishra, A. K. and Mishra, M. (2025) 'Student intention of using eco-cup rental machines: a unified theory of acceptance and use of technology analysis', Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, 27, pp. 2767–2777. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10163-025-02284-7	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1007/s10163-025-02284-7	en
dc.identifier.eissn	1611-8227	en
dc.identifier.endpage	2777	en
dc.identifier.issn	1438-4957	en
dc.identifier.journaltitle	Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management	en
dc.identifier.startpage	2767	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10468/17686
dc.identifier.volume	27	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Springer Nature	en
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management	en
dc.relation.project	info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020::MSCA-COFUND-FP/101034345/EU/DevelOp interdisciplinaRy apprOaches to healTH crises collaborativelY’/DOROTHY	en
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dc.subject	UTAUT model	en
dc.subject	Disposable cups	en
dc.subject	Eco-cup rental machines	en
dc.subject	Reusable cups	en
dc.subject	Sustainable behavior	en
dc.title	Student intention of using eco-cup rental machines: a unified theory of acceptance and use of technology analysis	en
dc.type	Article (peer-reviewed)	en
dc.type	journal-article	en
oaire.citation.issue	4	en
oaire.citation.volume	27	en