Public attitudes towards glass recycling in Scotland

Ball, Robert; Lawson, Shirley M.

doi:10.1016/0734-242x(90)90062-r

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“…Certainly the effects of a kerbside recycling collection are well supported (Derksen and Gartell, 1993;Guagnano et al, 1995). Yet in Exeter there appeared to be little relationship between static recycling provision and behaviour, in contrast to work by authors such as Ball and Lawson (1990). The impact of`concrete' knowledge is supported by Schahn and Holzer (1990), but the insignificant impact of`abstract' knowledge is more equivocally supported in the literature (for example, Hines et al, 1987;Schahn and Holzer, 1990).…”

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“…A major situational factor is contextual and spatial differentiation in recycling services and provision, for example, access to a kerbside recycling bin (Derksen and Gartell, 1993;Guagnano et al, 1995). Maximising static recycling provision tends to result in enhanced recycling behaviour, as might be anticipated (Ball and Lawson, 1990). Nonetheless, authors such as Guagnano et al (1995) have argued that such factors can play an important role in establishing levels of recycling behaviour by interacting to alter the relationship between certain psychological variables (see below) and behaviour.…”

Section: Situational Variablesmentioning

confidence: 92%

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A Conceptual Framework for Understanding and Analysing Attitudes towards Household-Waste Management

2001

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The problem of household waste poses an international dilemma. The blueprint for worldwide sustainable development agreed by national leaders in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, Agenda 21 (UNCED, 1992), highlighted waste from domestic sources as a major barrier to achieving environmental sustainability in the 21st century. The householdwaste problem is global in its dimension, but has recently leapt onto the political agenda in developed nations as the stark reality emerges that there are fewer and fewer sites suitable for sending waste to be buried as landfill. This is also accentuated by the upsurge of NIMBYism (not in my back yard syndrome) among the vocal middle classes of the wealthy nations who protest at landfill sites being placed near their homes (Furuseth, 1992;Murdoch and Marsden, 1994). Overconsumption and the ethos of a`throw-away' society have combined with middle-class aspirations for a privatised notion of environmental quality, leading to a problematic situation in which everincreasing amounts of waste are being produced, but with fewer acceptable places, both physically and psychologically, for it to be dumped.The delayed publication of the UK government's Waste Strategy in June 2000 demonstrated the severe municipal waste problem now facing England and Wales. In the year 1998/99, 28 million tonnes of muncipal waste were produced, with 25.1 million tonnes of this coming from households. This represents 25 kg of waste from each household per week. The strategy also indicated that in the same period, 82% of this waste was sent to landfill, with only 9.5% being recycled and just 8% being incinerated with some energy recovery (DETR, 2000).The strategy outlined a number of measures that will tackle the rising waste mountain. Statutory requirements on local authorities to increase recycling were set, according to each authority's current recycling level. Tradable permits for landfill were outlined whereby authorities with less waste being sent to landfill could sell`landfill space' to authorities with poorer disposal records, thus resulting in a net decrease in landfill. Increases in the Landfill Tax, initiated by the previous UK government in 1996, were also emphasised. Under this scheme the cost of sending waste to landfill will rise progressively until a review in 2004.

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Section: Situational Variablesmentioning

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A Conceptual Framework for Understanding and Analysing Attitudes towards Household-Waste Management

2001

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“…. Situational factors; variables representing an individual's situation at a given time may affect their environmental action, such as access to services, age or gender [22][23][24]. .…”

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The Influence of Facilities and Environmental Values on Recycling in an Office Environment

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Pitt

2011

Indoor and Built Environment

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With rising costs of landfill and waste management for businesses, it is increasingly important to understand how to gain high recycling rates through self-separation by occupants in the office environment. Through a detailed case study approach, this paper shows that the office environment does have a profound effect on environmental behaviour. The findings indicate that with careful analysis, facilities can be designed around behaviour to encourage the highest possible recycling rates. The paper shows that a generalised system of recycling for all facilities is not the way forward. Different organisational cultures may foster different environmental behaviours and thus require variable facilities to maximise participation. The paper also reveals the causes of particular types of recycling behaviour.

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