Determinants of household recycling intention: The acceptance of public policy moderated by habits, social influence, and perceived time risk

Bruno, Juan Manuel; Bianchi, Enrique Carlos; Sánchez, Carolina

doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2022.05.010

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“…In marketing theory, understanding consumer behavior is critical. This study has found that the perceived benefits of recycling increase consumers' WTR, but the perceived loss has substantial negative effects, which is consistent with previous research [40,69,81,[85][86][87]. Based on consumer behavior analysis, recycling systems and incentive measures should be carefully developed to increase consumers' sense of benefits while decreasing their impression of loss.…”

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confidence: 88%

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Consumer Willingness to Recycle The Wasted Batteries of Electric Vehicles in the Era of Circular Economy

Guo¹,

Huang²

2023

Sustainability

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Electric vehicles (EVs) are increasingly being used for the benefit of the environment and to foster the development of a low-carbon circular economy. However, compared to internal combustion engine cars, spent EV batteries (WBEVs) constitute a different form of waste, and their recycling mechanism is still in its early stages. WBEV consumer willingness to recycle is an issue in a circular economy in which EV users should be WBEV recycling pioneers. The purpose of this article is to develop an analytical model for consumers’ desire to return WBEVs for recycling, based on the circular economy and consumer welfare, in order to investigate consumer incentives for the construction of a WBEV recycling system. PLS-SEM was used for the analysis, and the results revealed the following. First, both the perception of government policy and environmental attitudes have significant positive causal effects on consumers’ intentions to recycle. Second, the perception of benefits has a significant positive mediating effect on recycling intention, whereas the perception of loss has a significant negative mediating effect. Third, the multigroup analysis found that, with the exception of gender, the variables of age, income, education, area of residence, recycling experiences, and EV ownership all have substantial moderating impacts, although their routes and directions vary considerably. Recycling policies must be appropriate for consumers, and this has policy consequences for the circular economy. Environmental education and incentives should be provided to increase consumer knowledge and willingness to recycle. Big data might help with the design of a WBEV recycling system. It is necessary to create an intelligent recycling platform, cross-regional recycling collaboration, and smart logistics for WBEVs. Further, the battery refill mechanism of energy replenishment might encourage the recycling of WBEVs.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 88%

“…First, consumer recycling rules for WBEVs must be developed. Consumers who have a higher favorable opinion of policy efficacy, as found by Bruno et al [81] and Nguyen et al [40], are more likely to recycle. However, there is a global dearth of effective policies.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 87%

Consumer Willingness to Recycle The Wasted Batteries of Electric Vehicles in the Era of Circular Economy

Guo¹,

Huang²

2023

Sustainability

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“…The second aspect is associated with trust in the local government to seriously enforce penalties for violations [45]. The willingness of residents to comply with mandatory waste separation policy is closely related to the fairness and objectivity of the authorities in enforcing penalties [49]. Residents with higher trust in authorities believe that the waste management system and penalty are effective, then they are more likely to sort waste when perceived penalty certainty and penalty severity.…”

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The Impact of Penalty on Residents’ Waste Separation Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Model

Hao¹,

Xu²

2023

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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To alleviate the plight of municipal solid waste management, penalties were implemented in China. However, it is unclear how penalty affects residents' waste separation behavior. This study aims to analyze the impact of penalty on residents' waste separation behavior and the role of personal norms and trust in authorities. A theoretical model of the impact of penalty on residents' waste separation behavior was established based on deterrence theory and normative activation model. Using online survey data from 628 respondents in Zhengzhou, China, an empirical analysis was performed by employing the moderated mediation model. The results showed that residents' perceived penalty certainty and penalty severity positively influenced their waste separation behavior through the mediation effect of personal norm. Penalty certainty had a direct impact on waste separation behavior, whereas penalty severity had no direct impact on waste separation behavior. Trust in authorities positively moderated the mediation effect of personal norm. The higher the trust in authorities, the stronger mediating effect of personal norm. Some recommendations were proposed to improve residents' waste separation behavior under the mandatory policy. This paper presents a new perspective and theoretical guidelines for the local government to improve residents' waste separation behaviors in China and offers useful insights into waste separation management for other countries.

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“…Some scholars believe that behaviour in many cases is habitual and guided by automated cognitive processes instead of reasoned action, when people have acquired a habit, they can implement their actions with limited conscious effort (Lavelle et al, 2015; Steg and Vlek, 2009). Existing literatures have discussed the moderated effect of habitual factors in separation behaviours or intention (Bruno et al, 2022; Fishbein et al, 2019). However, there is little literatures focus on the mediating effect of habitual factors in policy interventions’ process.…”

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Can we ‘Nudge’ people to better waste separation behaviours? Policy interventions mediated by habit, sense of separation efficiency and external environmental perceptions

Liang

Feng

et al. 2023

Waste Manag Res

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This article studies the impact of intervention measures with nudge characteristics on residents’ waste separation behaviours under the background of new ‘Beijing Municipal Regulation on Domestic Waste Management’. We analyse whether and how nudge interventions affect residents’ waste separation behaviours through the Ordered Logit model and mediation analysis. Our research results show that three nudge tools, namely, the timing and fixed-point separation system, the cleaning staff guidance system and the uniform clothing and styling, can effectively promote residents from low classification levels to high classification levels. In the process of nudging interventions, factors such as residents’ waste separation habit, external environmental perception and the sense of separation efficiency play a mediating role. Our study’s findings suggest that effective nudge tools are helpful in cultivating residents’ separation habits and hence we recommend that policy makers promote and popularise them in their attempt to improve domestic waste management behaviours.

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Determinants of household recycling intention: The acceptance of public policy moderated by habits, social influence, and perceived time risk

Cited by 29 publications

References 56 publications

Consumer Willingness to Recycle The Wasted Batteries of Electric Vehicles in the Era of Circular Economy

Consumer Willingness to Recycle The Wasted Batteries of Electric Vehicles in the Era of Circular Economy

The Impact of Penalty on Residents’ Waste Separation Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Model

Can we ‘Nudge’ people to better waste separation behaviours? Policy interventions mediated by habit, sense of separation efficiency and external environmental perceptions

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