Recycling Program Design, Management, and Participation: A National Survey of Municipal Experience

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Folz, D. H. (1991). Recycling program design, management, and participation: A national survey of municipal experience. Public Administration Review, 51, 3, 222-231.
How can municipalities maximize and sustain citizen participation in solid waste recycling programs? David H. Folz tackled this question through a research project conducted in 1…

A Performance Feedback Intervention to Reduce Waste: Performance Data and Participant Responses

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Eldridge, L., Lemasters, S. & Szypot, B. (1978). A performance feedback intervention to reduce waste: Performance data and participant responses. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 1, 258-267.
A performance feedback system was designed to reduce waste in a production department. The intervention included a new feedback system, a stated goal, and contingent supervisory p…

Curbside Recycling in the U.S.A.: Convenience and Mandatory Participation

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Everett, J. W. & Peirce, J. (1993). Curbside recycling in the U.S.A.: Convenience and mandatory participation. Waste Management & Research, 11, 49-61.
This research examines the relationship between the success of a residential curbside recycling program (RCRP), measured as material recovery rate (MRR), and two program factors: …

Public Participation and Recycling Performance: Explaining Program Success

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Folz, D. H. & Hazlett, J. M. (1991). Public participation and recycling performance: Explaining program success. Public Administration Review, 51, 6, 526-532.
What determines the success of different local recycling programs? Following up on earlier research that focused on the design and management of solid-waste recycling efforts (se…

Motivating Desirable Waste Management Behavior: Applications of Behavior Analysis

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Geller, E. S. & Lehman, G. R. (1986). Motivating desirable waste management behavior: Applications of behavior analysis. Journal of Resource Management and Technology, 15, 2 & 3, 58-68.

Influences on Attitude-Behavior Relationships: A Natural Experiment with Curbside Recycling

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Guagnano, G. A., Stern, P. C., & Dietz, T. (1995). Influences on attitude-behavior relationships: A natural experiment with curbside recycling. Environment and Behavior, 27, 5, 699-718.
Examined the predictive value of S. H. Schwartz's (1968, 1970, 1977) norm activation model, according to which behavior is influenced by attitudinal and external factors. The exte…

Market Segmentation for Recycling

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Howenstine, E. (1993). Market segmentation for recycling. Environment and Behavior, 25, 1, 86-102.

Recycling as Altruistic Behavior: Normative and Behavioral Strategies to Expand Participation in a Community Recycling Program

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Hopper, J. R., & Nielsen, J. M. (1991). Recycling as altruistic behavior: Normative and behavioral strategies to expand participation in a community recycling program. Environment and Behavior, 23, 2, 195-220.
Experimental and survey data from 122 residents of a large urban neighborhood with a community-wide curbside recycling program confirm that recycling behavior is consistent with S…

Evaluating Participation in a Residential Recycling Program

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Jacobs, H. E. & Bailey, J. S. (1982-83). Evaluating participation in a residential recycling program. Journal of Environmental Systems, 12, 2, 141-152.
The present study examined the effects of prompting, payment for material, a lottery, and frequency of collection on household participation in a residential recycling program. H…

Time to Dump Recycling?

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Hendrickson, C., Lave, L. & McMichael, F. (1995). Time to dump recycling?. Issues in Science and Technology, 11, 3, 79-84.

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