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The Link between Recycling and Litter: A Field Study

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Reams, M. A., Geaghan, J. P., & Gendron, R. C. (1996). The link between recycling and litter: A field study. Environment and Behavior, 28, 1, 92-110.
Determine whether residential recycling programs introduced an additional benefit (reduced litter) and evaluated the proposition that such programs should impart to participants a…

A Structural Model of Reuse and Recycling in Mexico

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Corral-Verdugo, V. (1996). A structural model of reuse and recycling in Mexico.. Environment and Behavior, 28, 5, 665-696.
Direct observations were used to analyze reuse and recycling patterns of 100 families. Reuse was practiced more than recycling. An inventory administered to housewives examined po…

Green Consumers in the 1990s: Profile and Implications for Advertising

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Roberts, J. A. (1996). Green consumers in the 1990s: Profile and implications for advertising.. Journal of Business Research, 36, 3, 217-231.
The passage of time and incipient change call for another look at the demographic and attitudinal correlates of ecologically conscious consumer behavior (ECCB). As concern for the…

Who Recycles and When? A Review of Personal and Situational Factors

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Schultz, P. W., Oskamp, S., & Mainieri, T. (1995). Who recycles and when? A review of personal and situational factors. Journal of Enviornmental Psychology, 15, 2, 105-121.
Reviews 80 studies, published 1969-1995, to examine recyling behaviors as differentiated from attitudes and intentions. The effects on recycling behavior of both personal variabl…

Some Psychological Aspects of Reduced Consumption Behavior: The Role of Intrinsic Satisfaction and Competence Motivation

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De Young, R. (1996). Some psychological aspects of reduced consumption behavior: The role of intrinsic satisfaction and competence motivation. Environment and Behavior, 28, 3, 358-409.
Nine studies (6 previously published by R. De Young and colleagues and 3 unpublished) that included a bank of questionnaire items on intrinsic satisfactions are summarized and ana…

The Prediction of Household Recycling of Newspapers: The Role of Attitudes, Intentions, and Situational Factors

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Boldero, J. (1995). The prediction of household recycling of newspapers: The role of attitudes, intentions, and situational factors. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 25, 5, 440-462.
Tested I. Ajzen and T. J. Madden's (see PA, Vol 75:10653) theory of planned behavior for observed household newspaper recycling. The effects of recycling in the past, individual's…

Resource Conservation and Recycling: Behavior and Policy

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Oskamp, S. (1995). Resource conservation and recycling: Behavior and policy. Journal of Social Issues, 51, 4, 157-177.
Reviews earlier research on forms of solid waste recycling and describes the findings of several recent studies of curbside programs. Past research has found that general environm…

Surging Environmentalism: Changing Public Opinion or Changing Publics?

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Kanagy, C. L., Humphrey, C. R., & Firebaugh, G. (1994). Surging environmentalism: Changing public opinion or changing publics?. Social Science Quarterly, 75, 4, 804-819.
Examined whether growing environmental concern in the US from 1980 to 1990 reflects a post-World War II cohort replacement process. G. Firebaugh's (1989) linear decomposition tech…

Changes in Euro-American Values Needed for Sustainability

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Clark, M. E. (1995). Changes in Euro-American values needed for sustainability. Journal of Social Issues, 51, 4, 63-82.
Discusses the worldview that gives rise to contemporary Euro-American values. It is argued that this worldview is no longer adaptive, due to some of the underlying subconscious be…

Psychological, Cultural, and Informational Barriers to Sustainability

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Milbrath, L. W. (1995). Psychological, cultural, and informational barriers to sustainability. Journal of Social Issues, 51, 4, 101-120.
Discusses the difficulties of overcoming the deeply entrenched barriers to environmental change that arise from deficits in societal consciousness, knowledge and information. Fund…

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