Municipal Recycling and Household Conservation Behaviour

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Kreutzwiser, R. D. & Wright, S. H. (1991). Municipal recycling and household conservation behaviour. Toronto: Waste Management Branch, Ontario Ministry of the Environment.

Promoting Source Reduction and Recyclability in the Marketplace: A Study of Consumer and Industry Response to Promotion of Source Reduced, Recycled, and Recyclable Products and Packaging

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Kashmanian, R. M. (1989). Promoting source reduction and recyclability in the marketplace: A study of consumer and industry response to promotion of source reduced, recycled, and recyclable products and packaging. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC.

Resource Recovery: Use of a Group Contingency to Increase Paper Recycling in an Elementary School

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Hamad, C. D., Cooper, D. & Semb, G. (1977). Resource recovery: Use of a group contingency to increase paper recycling in an elementary school. Journal of Applied Psychology, 62, 6, 768-772.
Recycling has been suggested as a means for replenishing dwindling energy supplies, reducing solid waste accumulation, and conserving natural resource bases. In the present study,…

Only Pay for What you Throw Away

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Riggle, D. (1989). Only pay for what you throw away. BioCycle, February, 39-41.

Brief Report: Effects of Informational Feedback on Aluminum Can Recycling

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Larson, M.E., Houlihan, D, & Goernert, P.N. (1995). Brief report: Effects of informational feedback on aluminum can recycling. Behavioral Interventions, 10, 2, 111-117.
Examined the impact of informational feedback on the depositing of aluminum cans in recycling receptacles at a university. Informational signs were placed over 20 recycling recept…

Evaluation of Selected Recycling Curricula: Educating the Green Citizen

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Boerschig, S., & De Young, R. (1993). Evaluation of selected recycling curricula: Educating the green citizen. Journal of Environmental Education, 24, 3, 17-22.
The authors reviewed past research in environmental education and identified eight variables as strong predictors of conservation behavior change: action skills, knowledge of act…

A Multilevel Analysis of the Determinants of Recycling Behavior in European Countries

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Guerin, Daniel ; Crete, Jean; Mercier, Jean (2001). A multilevel analysis of the determinants of recycling behavior in European countries.. Social Science Research, 30, 2, 195-218.
Discussed a multilevel modeling approach for conservation behavior. The main objective of the study was to permit a better understanding of recycling as a function of both individ…

Who Listens to Trash Talk?: Education and Public Media Effects on Recycling Behavior

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Martinez, M. D. & Scicchitano, M. J. (1998). Who listens to trash talk?: Education and public media effects on recycling behavior. Social Science Quarterly, 79, 2, 287-300.
Examined whether public media efforts on one community-oriented behavior (recycling) are effective and whether media effects are greater for those with higher levels of education.…

A Bottle Law: An Informal Look

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Trinkaus, J. (1984). A bottle law: An informal look. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 59, 3, 806.
Conducted observations before and after the passage of a 1983 statute that mandated the payment of a deposit of returnable soft-drink cans and bottles to investigate the effective…

Recycling Symbol Research

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Mikitka, K. F. (1987). Recycling symbol research. Resource Recycling, September/October, 32-34, 47.

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