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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Recycling Behavior"”.
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Meeting state waste stream reduction mandates through recycling: examining residential waste disposal behavior in rural Virginia
… Commonwealth has established a state-mandated recycling rate of 25 percent to be achieved by July 31, 1995. The mandate, however, may not adequately consider the diversity of individual localities throughout the state. Some localities may have financial, technical, or physical difficulty in …
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Zero-Waste Planning at Higher Education Institutions: A Case Study of Western Kentucky University
… universities were compared. In parallel, the recycling behavior of the WKU community was assessed. According to this research, planning well-defined temporal periods with clear goals and allocated tasks for stakeholders is essential. The time periods should include providing readiness programs …
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Corporate recycling: interventions and person variables associated with participation
… of recyclables collected in a corporate-based recycling program were compared. Employees at a corporate research center (N=443) associated with a large state university were asked to bring aluminum cans, glass, and newspaper from home to bins located at work. In addition, in order to track …
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Rocky Mountain National Park waste audit and recycling behavioral change intervention initiative
… as having the greatest opportunity to increase recycling rates and decrease trash volumes. Moraine Park Campground, the largest campground in RMNP, was selected for a two-year behavior change campaign and study. Community-based Social Marketing (CBSM) was used as the framework to identify …
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Towards Reaching Sustainable Urban Development in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal: An Economic Analysis of Solid Waste Management, Recycling, and the Health Impacts of Air Pollution.
… service, and the determinants of people's recycling behavior. Outdoor air pollution paper estimates health impact of exposure to outdoor air pollution. All the papers use primary data from a household survey conducted in 2012. Chapter 2 estimates the Kathmandu Valley residents' preferred …
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The Effect of Ownership on Consumers' Disposal Decisions: Research on Food Wastage and Recycling Behaviors
Research in consumer behavior has focused predominantly on how consumers make purchase decisions. However, much less attention has been directed toward examining post-purchase behaviors. In this dissertation, I examine how ownership affects individuals' disposal decisions of their current …