RELATIONSHIPS AMONGST WASTE MANAGEMENT BEHAVIOURS

摘要

The research aimed at developing an understanding of how participations in different pro-environmental waste management behaviours might be related. It investigates the correlations amongst the recycling of different materials, home composting and specific reduce/re-use behaviours for five communities across the UK, and reviews related studies carried out in other communities and countries. The results show that whilst positively correlated, reduce/re-use and recycling behaviours may have fundamentally different roots, and that home composting may be fundamentally different to both. The propensity for participation in both recycling and composting was found to be greatest amongst recyclers and composters of long standing, with relatively few new recruits practising both activities. The implications for tailoring promotional campaign messages are discussed.