An Approach to Litter Generation and Littering Practices in a Mexico City Neighborhood

Muñoz-Cadena, Cecilia E.; Lina-Manjarrez, Pedro; Estrada-Izquierdo, Irma; Ramón-Gallegos, Eva

doi:10.3390/su4081733

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“…Litter has been shown to be generated by a number of factors, most of which are related to the individual. Multiple studies have found that laziness is perceived to be a primary generator of litter (Muñoz-Cadena et al, 2012; Ojedokun & Balogun, 2011). On average, men (Meeker, 1997) and nonmarried individuals (Al-Khatib et al, 2009) produce more litter relative to women and married couples.…”

Section: Factors Related To Litteringmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Literature also indicates that the environmental setting plays an important role in explaining littering behavior. For example, multiple studies have found that the lack of trash receptacles or bins is associated with the presence of rubbish (Finnie, 1973; Muñoz-Cadena et al, 2012; Schultz & Stein, 2009). Generally, as the availability of trash receptacles decreases, levels of litter increase (Schultz & Stein, 2009).…”

Section: Factors Related To Litteringmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Locating Litter: An Exploratory Multilevel Analysis of the Spatial Patterns of Litter in Philadelphia

Lockwood

Wyant

Grunwald

2020

Environment and Behavior

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The city of Philadelphia has long been criticized for the amount of litter strewn about its streets. To more fully understand this problem, a recent city initiative, the Clean PHL program, sent out individuals to rate the amount of litter on more than 28,000 blocks across the city. We used multilevel models to analyze these data to identify both address-level and block group–level correlates of increased litter ratings. The results show that being on an arterial or collector street, the late summer and early fall seasons, and exposure to food-serving businesses and vacant properties are linked with the odds of increased litter, whereas proximity to a park is linked with decreased litter. We also found that increased block group–level disadvantage is directly related to increased litter and serves to moderate the relationships between some address-level predictors and litter.

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Section: Factors Related To Litteringmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Factors Related To Litteringmentioning

confidence: 99%

Locating Litter: An Exploratory Multilevel Analysis of the Spatial Patterns of Litter in Philadelphia

Lockwood

Wyant

Grunwald

2020

Environment and Behavior

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“…We can object to that currently the efficiency of those acting against littering is not high, so even a better enforcement of the currently valid rules could somewhat help. As already indicated, the Mexican study (Muñoz-Cadena et al, 2012: 1741 showed that almost one quarter of interviewed offenders claimed to have littered due to the lack of vigilance by municipal authorities. So, the statement on the efficiency can be considered true.…”

Section: Catching a Litterermentioning

confidence: 91%

“…al., 1972: 1). Another study published in that century also pointed to the significance of the lack of vigilance by municipal authorities (Muñoz-Cadena et. al., 2012: 1741.…”

Section: Why Do People Littermentioning

confidence: 95%

How to combat littering – an analysis with a focus on the Czech Republic

Hinčica

2018

EES

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The work attempts to comprehend why littering is so extensive and, with the use of several findings provided in Gary S. Becker's article entitled "Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach", to explain why under current conditions more waste discarded in the environment can be expected. The article was created from the perspective of the Czech Republic, where the author lives. He analysed some past research carried out by other scientists and institutions from all over the world, and he was also observing the situation in different Czech regions in order to approximately learn how large the problem with littering in his country is and what kind of litter can be found in the Czech nature. Afterwards, the author decided to address the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic so as to learn what measures were planned to be taken in order to significantly reduce littering. As a result of all this, the author himself decided to pay special attention to beverage containers and proposed to impose mandatory deposits on them in order to reduce the volume of litter that can be found out of the appropriate places. The author, basing his arguments on findings of other authors, gets to the conclusion that such a measureprovided that some conditions are respectedcan work anywhere in the world, beverage containers not being the only type of litter suitable for this step.

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“…The local economies of coastal communities might also be negatively impacted by the aesthetics of plastic pollution since litter deters visitors from beaches and more frequent cleanups are required to maintain optimal levels of tourism and recreation (Sheavly and Register, 2007). The presence of plastic debris on beaches then also increases the collection and total disposal cost of beach litter for coastal communities, which negatively affects their economies (Muñoz-Cadena et al, 2012).…”

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Plastic Perceptions: Surveying Public Opinion of Plastic Pollution in Rhode Island

Pereira¹

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This research surveyed 200 coastal and noncoastal Rhode Island residents to determine their perceptions of marine plastic debris and their support for plastic and paper bag legislation. The results suggest that one's residency, or geographic distance from the coast, has no bearing on plastic and paper bag policy support and that most participants, 77%, classify plastic pollution as a serious threat to various types of wildlife, the marine environment, human health, and Rhode Island's economy. The data also seems to suggest support for a statewide plastic bag ban and a statewide fee of 10 cents on paper bags as a means to address the problem. Approximately 77% of participants support the bag ban while 68% support, or are neutral towards, a statewide paper bag fee of 10 cents. While this research was being completed, Governor Gina Raimondo's Task Force to Tackle Plastics published its final report in February of 2019 ultimately proposing that the state enact both a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags and a statewide 5 cent fee on recyclable paper bags. Rhode Island Senate bill S0410, the Plastic Waste Reduction Act, was modeled after the final report's recommendations to the Governor and was introduced on February 27, 2019. The results from this research generally support and endorse the recommendations and S0410. Approximately 86% of participants were also found to be aware of, and 75% were found to be highly knowledgeable of, the severity of this global issue. The high levels of concern, awareness and knowledge are associated with participants' proecological worldviews measured by the New Ecological Paradigm.

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An Approach to Litter Generation and Littering Practices in a Mexico City Neighborhood

Cited by 18 publications

References 18 publications

Locating Litter: An Exploratory Multilevel Analysis of the Spatial Patterns of Litter in Philadelphia

Locating Litter: An Exploratory Multilevel Analysis of the Spatial Patterns of Litter in Philadelphia

How to combat littering – an analysis with a focus on the Czech Republic

Plastic Perceptions: Surveying Public Opinion of Plastic Pollution in Rhode Island

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