Wasting ways: Perceived distance to the recycling facilities predicts pro-environmental behavior

Cognitive Flexibility and Pro–Environmental Behaviour: A Multimethod Approach

“…Alternatively, researchers can rely on participants' retrospective reports of their own behaviour (e.g. Bamberg, 2006;Lange, Brückner, Kröger, Beller, & Eggert, 2014). A meta-analysis by Kormos and Gifford (2014) revealed a medium-to-large effect size (r = .46) for the correlation between self-reported and objectively assessed proenvironmental behaviour.…”

Household Cooperation in Waste Management: Initial Conditions and Intervention

“…In recycling studies which actually control for the effect of this, information campaigns connected to infrastructure or scheme attributes are found to be positively linked to participation (Vining and Ebreo, 1990;Gamba and Oskamp, 1994;Hornik, 1995;Barr, 2004;Bernstad et al, 2013). Similarly perceptions of convenience or constraints (Ando and Gosselin, 2005;Bezzina and Dimech, 2011;Takahashi et al, 2013), including perceived distance to recycling facilities (Lange et al, 2014) are found to matter to observed cooperation. In fact, overall, knowledge of the recycling programme itself appears to predict uptake more than environmental awareness does (Dupré, 2014).…”

“…In examining the extent of household cooperation in waste management, economic papers have mainly focused on waste separation rates, that is, recycling waste as a fraction of total waste generation (see for instance Callan and Thomas, ; Ando and Gosselin, ; Hage and Söderholm, ; Dahlén and Lagerkvist, ; Kuo and Perrings, ; Abbott et al ., ; Bel and Gradus, ; Lange et al ., ). In some instances authors focus on rates of recycling in single streams of waste (e.g.…”

“…This is the case in a handful of the papers reviewed here, some of which focus on attitudes (e.g. Valle et al ., ; Berglund, ), others on intent (Taylor and Todd, ; Barr ; Knussen and Yule, ; Bezzina and Dimech, ; Lange et al ., ). A small number of recent papers assess willingness to pay for recycling providing a monetary value of the net marginal cost of cooperation to households (Bruvoll et al ., ; Berglund, ).…”

“…The extent of policy intervention in the domain of household waste separation and recycling participation is mirrored by the voluminous economic research on the determinants of household cooperation in such activities. Spanning at least four decades, this literature is rich and nuanced, and includes a well-developed theoretical backbone that started with models of waste production (Wertz, (see for instance Callan and Thomas, 1997;Ando and Gosselin, 2005;Hage and Söderholm, 2009;Dahlén and Lagerkvist, 2010;Kuo and Perrings, 2010;Abbott et al, 2011;Bel and Gradus, 2014;Lange et al, 2014). In some instances authors focus on rates of recycling in single streams of waste (e.g.…”