Assessing the intention-behavior gap in electronic waste recycling: the case of Brazil

Practitioners Recycling Attitude and Behaviour in the Australian Construction Industry

“…According to Reference [36], in simplified terms, attitudes refer to 'the individual evaluation of the action under study from negative to positive' and the 'subjective norm corresponds to the degree of individual perception of the social desirability that the person should perform that action.' Further, Reference [36] (p. 184) defined 'perceived behavioural control' as 'both measures of self-efficacy and perceived control and indicates how well an individual feels that he or she can overcome the obstacles, or taking advantage of the facilitators.' Therefore, in terms of construction waste recycling perspectives, attitudes can be identified as people's perceptions about whether recycling actions are positive or negative.…”

“…There is a positive relationship between the environmental concerns due to recycling and the attitude towards it [37]. The theory of planned behaviour is considered by many researchers when conducting research in construction waste management and also in the waste management discipline as a whole [2,34,[36][37][38].…”

Socio-Economic and Environmental Attributes of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Weee) Recycling in Asia

“…Home appliance recycling law asserts that the producers should responsible for take back and recycle the four major home appliances namely; refrigerators, watching machine, televisions and air conditioners. In general, recycling has been identified as a key strategy for reducing environmental pollution and depletion of finite resources, as well as for increasing energy savings (Echegaray & Hansstein, 2016). Recently WEEE recycling has been recognised as a secondary source of valuable metals, as it securing a steady supply of metals while contributing for natural resource conservation, environmental pollution control and managing material cycles (Hai et al 2015;Oguchi et al, 2013).…”

“…Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) has been recognised as the world's fastest growing waste streams (Afroz, Masud, Akhtar & BtDuasa, 2013;Echegaray, & Hansstein, 2016) with a growth rate of 3-5% per year, and potentially the main challenge for sustainable waste management (Christia, 2012;Qu, Zhu, Sarkis, Geng & Zhong, 2013). For developed counties, selling old electronic products to exporting waste traders is more profitable than processing.…”

“…As a result, most of the manufactured electronic products end up at the dump sites in the poor countries. WEEE contains numerous dangerous and hazardous substances, which can cause severe harmful impact on environment and public health (Echegaray & Hansstein, 2016;Oguchi, Sakanakura & Terazono, 2013). Unlawful transboundary movement followed by unsafe handling, management and treatment activities such as crude recycling activities, indiscriminate dumping of WEEE items would create serious environmental impacts as well as posing risks to human health and well-being in developing countries.…”