Effective strategies for enhancing waste recycling rates in socially deprived areas

Bennett, Roger; Savani, Sharmila; Ali-Choudhury, Rehnuma

doi:10.1362/147539208x290398

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“…While some environmental researchers (e.g. Schultz et al, 1995;Williams and Taylor, 2004;Bennett et al, 2008) and local authorities (e.g. Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs, 2007) claimed that economic instruments are highly effective in increasing community participation in waste recycling, the effectiveness of the reward or incentive schemes in promoting domestic waste recycling is doubtful.…”

Section: Collectivism In Waste Recyclingmentioning

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Domestic waste recycling, collective action and economic incentive: The case in Hong Kong

Yau

2010

Waste Management

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Efficacy of waste recycling is one of the key determinants of environmental sustainability of a city. Like other pro-environmental activities, waste recycling cannot be successfully accomplished by just one or two people, but only by a concerted effort of the community. The collective-action dilemma creates a common underlying difficulty in formulating workable solutions to many environmental problems. With a view to the non-excludability of the outcome, rationality drives people to free-ride efforts of others in waste recycling. To solve this free-rider problem, some scholars suggest the use of economic incentive. This article attempts to study the impacts of reward schemes on waste recycling behaviour of residents in 122 private housing estates in Hong Kong. The study is differentiable from the others as the latter mainly focus on domestic waste recycling in low-rise low-density housing while this one looks into the same in a high-rise high-density residential setting. According to the results of analyses on a set of aggregate data, reward schemes are found to have a significant positive relationship with the per-household weight of recyclables collected, keeping other things constant. The research findings suggest that economic incentives do work in promoting waste recycling in Hong Kong. Practical and policy implications follow.

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Section: Collectivism In Waste Recyclingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Domestic waste recycling, collective action and economic incentive: The case in Hong Kong

Yau

2010

Waste Management

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“…The Djiboutian authorities could establish systems that provide bonuses, and coupons to young people whenever they engage in environmental protection activities. Bennett (2008) identified how rewarding citizens for their positive activities such as waste disposal can increase the level of commitment to environmental protection, by injecting friendlier environmental behaviour. While others did not find any link between the Public Governance, Administration and Finances Law Review • Vol.…”

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“…Researching exactly the same theme of reward effect, (Chung & Poon, 1996) found in their survey that respondents showed a willingness to return batteries if there was a refundable deposit. Whereas, Schultz et al (1995), Williams & Taylor (2004) and Bennett et al (2008), suggested that economic rewards, such as valuable instruments are strongly effective in boosting community engagement and participation in environmental protection. On the other hand, Allen et al (1993), investigated the reliability of coupons in stimulating aluminium recycling in the United States and could not find any association.…”

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How Can Governmental Incentives Inspire Youth to Be More Engaged in Environmental Protection?

Aden

2023

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During the past years, environmental protection and adopting countermeasures against climate change have been on the agenda of many East African countries, as well as western nations, although a common challenge confronted by policymakers is directing young people’s interest toward the environment. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of certain factors that can be adopted by government bodies as a strategy to make youth more engaged in environmental activities. An electronic questionnaire was completed by Djiboutian young people from February 2022 to late June 2022. We retrieved 440 out of 500 questionnaires; a structural equation model was subsequently employed to assess the effects of government rewards, interactions, capacity building and favourable policies on youth engagement. According to the results, all the factors demonstrated a positive impact on youth engagement; consequently, we conclude that young people have tendencies to engage in activities that revolve around environmental issues when there is a reward system in place. Likewise, establishing an interactive platform that accommodates young people’s opinions while the government provides reasonable feedback will stimulate engagement. Reasonably, embracing policies in favour of the environment will depict the government as an effective, responsible leader, retroactively influencing young people’s perceptions. On the other hand, allowing youths to participate in the process of policies formulation will guarantee a long-term societal engagement, since, pragmatically speaking, these adopted policies will eventually influence their future; at the same time, we conclude that providing proper training and building young people’s capacity will provide them with fundamental personal skills, while simultaneously enhancing their sustainable attitude to respond adequately to environmental challenges consequently assisting the national government with their environmental endeavours. Finally, the following paper contributes to the relevant existing body of literature, by providing empirical evidence on different types of government initiatives that could make young people more engaged and inclined in environmental issues.

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What attributes of mandatory waste management policy can enhance the separation intention of residents in China? A behaviour choice experiment

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J Mater Cycles Waste Manag

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Effective strategies for enhancing waste recycling rates in socially deprived areas

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Domestic waste recycling, collective action and economic incentive: The case in Hong Kong

Domestic waste recycling, collective action and economic incentive: The case in Hong Kong

How Can Governmental Incentives Inspire Youth to Be More Engaged in Environmental Protection?

What attributes of mandatory waste management policy can enhance the separation intention of residents in China? A behaviour choice experiment

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