External influences on forming residents’ waste separation behaviour: Evidence from households in Hangzhou, China

Xu, Lin; Ling, Maoliang; Lu, Yujie; Shen, Meng

doi:10.1016/j.habitatint.2017.03.009

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“…However, the validity of these methods was questioned as in some articles nearly half of the responses were identified as not being valid. For instance, Xu et al [67] only received 631 valid responses from 1515 questionnaires, and only 7427 of the responses from the 15,000 questionnaires distributed by Chen et al [18] were identified as valid responses.…”

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The Role of Food Packaging Design in Consumer Recycling Behavior—A Literature Review

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Household waste sorting at the source is an essential part of the waste management system in many countries. Correct sorting of this waste, including food packaging waste, is cost-effective, it facilitates the recycling process and enhances the quality of the recycled product. Although there is a growing body of research that studies the effect of different attributes of food packaging on household recycling behavior, the effect of these attributes on the sorting of the food packaging waste is not well known. This contribution reviews work that studies the relationship between attributes of food packaging and consumer sorting behavior. The review highlights the potential of the visual attributes and the quality of packaging as a communication channel for encouraging consumers to sort the food packaging waste. The efficiency of the waste management system and the quality of recycled products can hence be affected by the proper design of food packaging.Sustainability 2019, 11, 4350 2 of 23 waste management scheme, and in particular in sorting at the source, have been discussed in previous studies [1,6,[16][17][18][19][20][21]. For example, the fractions that are obtained when sorting at the source (e.g., glass, plastic, and paper) have a higher quality compared to fractions obtained when sorting at MRFs, and the source separation process is less expensive [1,3,19]. Hence, correct sorting of waste fractions can increase material recycling and contribute to a circular economy.Among the different fractions of HSW, food packaging is of interest due to the increasing amount of this type of waste. Also, food packaging is estimated to be more than one-third of the total global packaging market [22,23]. However, the amount of recycled food packaging waste still is not sufficient. For instance, in 2017 only 56% of the 4.4 million tons of packaging waste that was generated in Australia was recycled [24]. In the United States of America, in 2015 the recycling rate of packaging waste and containers was 53% and over 23% of packaging waste was landfilled [25]. In Sweden, approximately 60% of household mixed waste still contains recyclable packaging waste [3]. On a global scale, this amount of un-recycled food packaging waste, especially plastic packaging, can significantly harm the environment [26,27]. This impact could be reduced by proper waste sorting. Proper sorting of food packing, irrespective of whether it is plastic, paperboard, or metal, allows the material to be recycled instead of being used for energy recovery, landfilling, or dumping. Thus, food packaging waste could be a valuable resource that would have lower environmental impacts if it is sorted according to the type of the material that was used to make the packaging [1,3]. In addition, the positive correlation between increasing urbanization and packaging consumption is expected to continue [26]. This is likely to lead to a greater amount of food packaging waste in the future. It is therefore important to motivate consumers to participate in the waste sorting s...

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“…Consequently, people will better be able to see the positive results of their actions, and will be more likely to continue those actions. Keeping people inspired, motivated, educated, and informed is essential to a successful long-term recycling program [8]. After evaluating the three major policy evaluation criteria (i.e., administrative feasibility, political feasibility, and economic feasibility), it can be concluded that Laramie needs to be deliberate in generating additional funds for implementing the proposed educational and incentive policies to meet its long-term recycling goals to reach a 40% diversion rate by 2030.…”

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“…He further recommended a pay-as-you-throw policy to be implemented in the city that may motivate people to recycle more with higher economic incentives (Personal Communication with City Solid Manager, Laramie on 5 April 2013). This policy provides a direct economic incentive to residents in their waste disposal fee, which motivates them to recycle more and produce less waste for dumping [8]. …”

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“…Public engagement is recognized as critical to build a successful recycling program. Residents should be engaged in planning and pre-implementation to help them understand why a program is needed, how it will benefit them, and to encourage sustained participation and ownership in the program [8][9][10][11]. It also provides an opportunity for the stakeholders to discuss unseen problems, create a public consensus on issues, identify possible solutions, and uphold their commitment to the project [12].…”

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Public Perceptions and Practices of Solid Waste Recycling in the City of Laramie in Wyoming, U.S.A.

2017

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Managing household solid waste is a growing challenge for many cities. To tackle this problem, cities are turning to recycling, which is an effective tool for solid waste management. This research seeks to understand the public perceptions and practices of recycling in the City of Laramie, Wyoming. Recycling in Laramie began in 1983 with the establishment of the Ark Recycling Center. Laramie officially started its curbside recycling services in September 2011, and in April 2012 the city declared its long-term goal to achieve a 40% diversion rate by 2030. The study involved a mail-back survey to understand the public participation landscape and the factors affecting recycling behaviors and attitudes of residents in Laramie. The quantitative results of the survey responses were used to create a civic engagement score, a recycling importance score, and recycling satisfaction and recycling behavior scores to measure residents' perceptions of the recycling program. In addition, three key informant interviews were conducted to explore the efforts of the city, the University of Wyoming, and Ark Regional Services. The results show that more than 80% of the survey respondents indicated that environmental concern was the major motivation to recycle, which was related to a high level of recycling importance and satisfaction. The study further indicated that Laramie should develop an aggressive educational policy, incentive policies, and a Master Plan to encourage stronger public participation to meet its 40% waste diversion rate by 2030 goal.

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“…Households' participation in solid waste segregation and recycling activities are influenced by the promotional campaign, training programs and age of the residents (Atthirawong, 2016). Study by Xu et al (2017) found that the effect of governmental incentives on recycling behavior is greater on male than female and income of the household negatively influences recycling behavior. Low income households are more likely to recycle than higher income households.…”

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Determinants of Household Waste Segregation in Gorkha Municipality, Nepal

Maskey¹

2018

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Municipal solid waste management is a huge challenge specially in the developing countries. The first and fundamental step to solve the problem of municipal solid waste management is by waste segregation at source and separate collection of waste, which will help to recover recyclable materials and reduce the amount of waste that needs to be disposed at the dumpsite or landfill site. In Nepal, waste segregation at source is mandated by law but the government is not able to implement it successfully. This paper assesses the willingness of the households to practice waste segregation in future if the government enforces the law and various factors that influences the practice. Data was collected from 401 households which was selected using stratified sampling technique from all the municipal wards, the lowest administrative units in Nepal. The finding shows that about 67% of the respondents are willing to segregate waste in future if the government enforces the law. Logit regression model was employed to identify the factors that influence waste segregation practice. The significant variables found from this study are environmental awareness, waste collection service, willingness to pay, make compost, and segregated waste for a week variables, which are statistically significant at 1% level of significance. Income variable is significant at 5% level of significance and gender variable is significant at 10% level of significance. It is recommended that the concerned stakeholders should educate the households on the importance of waste segregation and consider these traits of households before enforcing the law.

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External influences on forming residents’ waste separation behaviour: Evidence from households in Hangzhou, China

Cited by 131 publications

References 59 publications

The Role of Food Packaging Design in Consumer Recycling Behavior—A Literature Review

The Role of Food Packaging Design in Consumer Recycling Behavior—A Literature Review

Public Perceptions and Practices of Solid Waste Recycling in the City of Laramie in Wyoming, U.S.A.

Determinants of Household Waste Segregation in Gorkha Municipality, Nepal

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