Factors Influencing Community Residents' Participation in Commingled Curbside Recycling Programs
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- Raymond J. Gamba
- Claremont Graduate School
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- Stuart Oskamp
- Claremont Graduate School
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<jats:p> Commingled curbside recycling, a system where household residents put all recyclable materials in one container, is a new form of recycling that has been initiated to decrease the amount of household waste sent to landfills. In a suburb with a new commingled program, a mail survey of environmental and recycling attitudes was sent to 603 households with a 76% response rate. Observations of actual recycling behavior showed a 68% average participation rate on five successive collection days, with a total participation rate of 91% over that period. Based on these observations, the level of self-reported participation was slightly overstated. Relevant recycling knowledge was the most significant predictor of observed recycling behavior, and content-specific motivations for or against recycling discriminated between frequent and infrequent recyclers. Relevant recycling knowledge and a few specific attitudinal measures were significant predictors of self-reported recycling behavior. </jats:p>
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- Environment and Behavior
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Environment and Behavior 26 (5), 587-612, 1994-09
SAGE Publications
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詳細情報
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- CRID
- 1363670319551620992
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- NII論文ID
- 30026331144
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- ISSN
- 1552390X
- 00139165
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