Internal and External Factors’ Influence on Recycling: Insights From a Laboratory Experiment With Observed Behavior

Linder, Noah; Rosenthal, Sonny; Sörqvist, Patrik; Barthel, Stephan

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.699410

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“…Sustainable behaviours have to be understood as part of the range of possible behaviours that the environment enables, for environmental attitudes and behaviour to align (Kaaronen 2017 ). And if a pro-environmental behaviour is made to be the easiest option, behaviour is likely to follow—regardless of values or intentions (Linder et al 2021 ).…”

Section: Three Arguments For Studying Pro-environmental Habitsmentioning

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Pro-environmental habits: An underexplored research agenda in sustainability science

Linder

Giusti

Samuelsson

et al. 2021

Ambio

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Habits are the fundamental basis for many of our daily actions and can be powerful barriers to behavioural change. Still, habits are not included in most narratives, theories, and interventions applied to sustainable behaviour. One reason societies struggle to reach policy goals and people fail to change towards more pro-environmental lifestyles might be that many behaviours are now bound by strong habits that override knowledge and intentions to act. In this perspective article, we provide three arguments for why pro-environmental habits are a needed research agenda in sustainability science: (1) habit theory highlights how behaviour is heavily reliant on automatic processes, (2) the environmental context sets boundary conditions for behaviour, shape habits, and cues action responses, and (3) our habits and past behaviour shape our values and self-identity. These arguments highlight the transformative potential of looking at sustainable behaviours through a habit lens. We believe a research agenda on pro-environmental habits could generate a more holistic understanding of sustainable behaviours and complement today’s dominating approaches which emphasize reasoned decisions and intrinsic motivations such as values, norms, and intentions to understand and predict pro-environmental behaviour. We highlight evident knowledge gaps and practical benefits of considering habit theory to promote pro-environmental behaviours, and how habit architecture could be utilized as a strong leverage point when designing, modifying, and building urban environments.

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Section: Three Arguments For Studying Pro-environmental Habitsmentioning

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Pro-environmental habits: An underexplored research agenda in sustainability science

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Giusti

Samuelsson

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“…In our process of establishing the above model, the introduction of prospect theory shows the internal influence of psychological factors on HDTS ( Linder et al, 2021 ), which only reflects the limited rationality of subjects inside this game system. In reality, the uncertainty of external factors also has a significant impact on the implementation of HDTS ( Sun and Gu, 2022 ).…”

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How to promote the hierarchical diagnosis and treatment system: A tripartite evolutionary game theory perspective

Chen

Zheng

et al. 2023

Front. Psychol.

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Due to the disorderly access to medical care and inefficient use of health resources, the advancement of the hierarchical diagnosis and treatment is more valued in promoting health system reform. Hence, this article integrates prospect theory into an evolutionary game model of the local government health departments, the medical institutions, and the patients in the system promotion of the hierarchical diagnosis and treatment. The simulation shows the specific influencing mechanism of the psychological perceived value of game subjects. Then by introducing the stochastic evolutionary game model, the system promotion under different medical cultures is also discussed in detail. The results indicate that for local government health departments, the amount and duration of financial subsidies are the key factors influencing the game system’s evolution. For medical institutions, participating in the hierarchical diagnosis and treatment system is relatively beneficial. For patients, the recovery rate in primary hospitals matters more than the cost of treatment. Changes in the risk sensitivity coefficient will cause the equilibrium of the game system to change. However, changes in the loss avoidance factor do not change the equilibrium and only have an impact on the speed of convergence. With the health departments’ intervention, patients in rural medical culture are more inclined to support the hierarchical diagnosis and treatment system than those in urban or town medical culture. Therefore, in order to promote the hierarchical diagnosis and treatment system, this article recommends that more attention should be paid to the regulatory role of health departments and the participation improvement of medical institutions and patients.

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“…They showed the importance of intention in predicting the propensity to act (intention to act) for the environment (Barr, 2007). Specifically, in several theoretical models, internal psychological factors, such as intentions, are key predictors of pro-environmental behavior (Linder et al, 2021), and research based on attitude-behavior models often describes intention as a key preceding step in behavior (Bamberg & Möser, 2007). In other words, attitudes (affective factors) shape intentions that influence behavior, as intentions are the receptacle of many other behavior variables (Ajzen, 1991).…”

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Overview of factors influencing consumer engagement with plastic recycling

Ertz,

Addar,

Ouerghemmi

et al. 2023

WIREs Energy & Environment

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Many semi‐durable and durable consumer goods are composed of plastic. Yet, plastic pollution is one of the most pressing environmental issues as it harms oceans and marine biodiversity. This state of affairs is worsened because plastic recycling rates remain low. Therefore, one commonly proposed solution is to improve plastic waste management to create a circular plastics economy. However, focusing on recycling management alone overshadows the consumption component and how consumers might contribute to recycling efforts. Although not alone in the overall recycling process, consumers are critical stakeholders in this because through their disposal behavior, they determine the responsible discarding of plastic through recycling. The significance of consumer engagement in driving circularity has been strongly emphasized in extant research and practice. Shifting from a linear plastic economy toward a circular one requires the active contribution of all stakeholders, especially the consumer. Hence, given the centrality of consumers' role, this paper provides an overview of the themes related to consumer engagement with plastic recycling. More specifically, the paper reveals three layers of influence on consumer plastic recycling behavior: (1) macroenvironmental factors, (2) situational factors, and (3) individual factors. This review provides scholars, practitioners, and decision‐makers with better insights into the themes to consider in order to spur consumer engagement in plastic recycling.This article is categorized under: Human and Social Dimensions > Behavioral Science Emerging Technologies > Materials Climate and Environment > Circular Economy

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Internal and External Factors’ Influence on Recycling: Insights From a Laboratory Experiment With Observed Behavior

Cited by 23 publications

References 64 publications

Pro-environmental habits: An underexplored research agenda in sustainability science

Pro-environmental habits: An underexplored research agenda in sustainability science

How to promote the hierarchical diagnosis and treatment system: A tripartite evolutionary game theory perspective

Overview of factors influencing consumer engagement with plastic recycling

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