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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Recycling behaviour"”.
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Understanding waste recycling behaviour in the UK: home-work consistency.
… the increasing attention being paid to waste recycling, there is a dearth of both empirical evidence on recycling at work and examination of any spillover effects of recycling behaviour from home to work. Situated at the confluence of three social science debates (the study of recycling set …
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Household recycling behaviour in South Africa: Evidence from the 2018 General Household Survey
… investigation of the determinants of household recycling behaviour in South Africa. Waste generation around the world is growing exponentially. The proportion of South African households who recycle is very low and landfilling is the primary method of waste disposal. This is problematic because …
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Using social marketing strategy to promote recycling among university students in a Thai university
… total amount of waste production was to promote recycling worldwide (The World Bank report, 2015). Thailand committed to and signed the Paris Agreement in 2015, and the nation of Thailand also committed to reducing GHG emissions by 20 per cent by the year 2030 (The country report, 2015). …
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Barriers and Facilitators of Pro-Environmental Behaviours: Testing Methods for Measuring and Promoting Sustainable Actions
… are crucial, individual pro-environmental behaviours (PEBs) remain an essential component of sustainability efforts. This thesis examines psychological and contextual factors influencing PEBs, with a focus on climate change worry and recycling behaviour. Chapter 1 provides an overview of …
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Greening academia: developing sustainable waste management at UK higher educational institutions
… acceptable. In this context, the attitudes and behaviour of young adults, particularly university students, who often have little experience of taking responsibility for waste management activities, have not been studied in great detail. Since the 1960s, the UK higher education system has …
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Staff perceptions and practice for hospital waste management with reference to recycling in the UK versus Libya, a comparative study
Green hospitals with improved hospital waste recycling practices can be a key solution to the potential problems associated with hospital waste disposal and management. Recycling of household hospital waste could significantly impact on the overall waste disposal management systems and how hospital …
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A novel hydraulic energy-storage-and-return prosthetic ankle : design, modelling and simulation
… return (ESR) feet –fail to replicate this energy-recycling behaviour. Specifically, they cannot plantarflex beyondtheir neutral ankle angle (i.e. a 90° angle between the foot and shank) while generating theplantarflexion moment required for normal push-off. This results in a metabolic cost …