Engagement factors for household waste sorting in Ecuador: Improving perceived convenience and environmental attitudes enhances waste sorting capacity

Negash, Yeneneh Tamirat; Sarmiento, Liria Salome Calahorrano; Tseng, Ming‐Lang; Lim, Ming K.; Ali, Mohd Helmi

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105893

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“…Easy access to a segregated waste disposal system is crucial for better practices, proved in the various door-to-door waste pickup and recycling bin interventions [ 31 , 32 , 33 ]. Narrow lanes hamper doorstepping, a concern voiced by research participants.…”

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Dynamics of Household Waste Segregation Behaviour in Urban Community in Ujjain, India: A Framework Analysis

Sahoo

Soni

Kalyanasundaram

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Waste segregation practices must be socially acceptable, affordable, context-specific, and participatory, which is essential for promoting waste segregation. Therefore, this study explored the urban community members’ motivation, opportunity, and household waste segregation ability. We performed a qualitative study in Ujjain city, India. Ten focus group discussions and eight in-depth interviews were conducted with female and male household members in residential and slum areas. All interviews were digitally recorded, transcribed, and translated. We used the thematic framework technique using the Motivation-Opportunity-Ability-Behaviour theory for analysis. Three themes were constructed: motivation, where household members are motivated to sort waste yet fear the consequences of improper sorting; ability, where household waste segregation is rapidly gaining acceptance as a social norm; and opportunities, involving convenient facilities and a social support system for household members towards waste segregation. This study contributes to developing a knowledge base on waste segregation behaviour and a repertoire to facilitate evidence-based management and policymaking. There is a need for educational intervention and women’s self-help groups’ involvement to develop community orientation and waste segregation literacy. Finally, this study emphasizes the importance of all three behavioural change components, i.e., motivation, opportunity, and ability, in managing sustainable waste segregation practices.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Dynamics of Household Waste Segregation Behaviour in Urban Community in Ujjain, India: A Framework Analysis

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Kalyanasundaram

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“…Residents’ trust in waste classification is affected by the attitudes of their neighbors, family, government, and media. Individuals who gain social approval and respect from waste classification will tend to engage in it (Negash et al 2021 ). Typically, individuals living in a community that confers great importance to the environment will tend to engage in conservation activities to be consistent with group beliefs and rules.…”

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“…Behavioral dispositions are also related to the convenience of which individuals perceive pro-environmental behaviors. Perceived convenience, including perceptions of external factors and influence on performing waste classification activities, can improve waste classification capacity (Negash et al 2021 ). In previous studies of WCB, the effect of perceived behavioral control had been argued to be either positively significant (Liao et al 2018 ) or insignificant (Ghani et al 2013 ).…”

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Identifying the influencing factors and constructing incentive pattern of residents’ waste classification behavior using PCA-logistic regression

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Wang

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Environ Sci Pollut Res

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With the acceleration of urbanization, domestic waste has become one of the most inevitable factors threatening the environment and human health. Waste classification is of great significance and value for improving urban environmental quality and promoting human well-being. Based on the theory of planned behavior, we added external and socio-economic factors to systematically examine how they affect residents’ waste classification behavior (WCB). We collected 661 valid data through a questionnaire survey conducted in Jinan, a pilot city for waste classification in China. Key driving factors were identified by combining binary logistic regression and the principal component analysis. The results showed that the elderly, women, and people with higher education are more likely to participate in waste classification. Attitude, collaborative governance, and institutional pressure positively affect WCB, while subjective norm and infrastructure have a negative effect. Knowledge mastery and degree of publicity are positively and significantly related to WCB, but other perceived behavioral control sub-variables negatively affect WCB. Based on the results and status of waste classification in Jinan, we propose the multi-agent linkage governance pattern from various dimensions to explore a powerful guiding incentive that can enhance WCB and provide a reference for waste management policymakers.

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“…The negative effect is still lacking empirical evidence. (3) Perceived behavioral control denoting the level of difficulty regarding waste classification as perceived and assessed by residents, which is mainly influenced by past sorting experience, time cost, and the accessibility of waste-sorting facilities [ 18 , 22 , 27 ], is addressed. (4) Policy intervention factors, including laws and regulations [ 19 , 25 ], incentives [ 20 , 28 , 29 ], publicity measures [ 3 , 30 ], or a general consideration of whether surveyed respondents are in a pilot area for waste classification are included [ 1 , 9 ].…”

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Domestic Waste Classification Behavior and Its Deviation from Willingness: Evidence from a Random Household Survey in Beijing

Jiang

2022

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To realize widespread domestic waste classification (DWC), deviation between residents’ waste classification willingness (WCW) and waste classification behavior (WCB) needs to be reduced. Based on an extended framework of the theory of planned behavior, this study investigates residents’ WCW, WCB and their deviation through a random face-to-face survey of 632 households in Beijing. By employing the ordered logit model, determinants have been empirically revealed. We find that there is a deviation between WCW and WCB. 54.3% of respondents reported a higher degree of WCW than that of WCB. The deviation is determined by specific external conditions, including attitudes and norms associated with other subjects that are not authoritative regulators, and the implementation of various policy instruments for DWC. The higher the satisfaction with the services of property enterprises, the higher the deviation is. The positive WCB of peers in communities failed to create positive subjective norms, but instead exacerbated free-rider phenomenon by inducing their negative WCB. Flat-rate charge, publicity measures and the effectiveness of DWC within community can significantly reduce the deviation. On this basis, policy suggestions are put forward to further reduce the deviation and improve the rate of DWC.

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Engagement factors for household waste sorting in Ecuador: Improving perceived convenience and environmental attitudes enhances waste sorting capacity

Cited by 35 publications

References 40 publications

Dynamics of Household Waste Segregation Behaviour in Urban Community in Ujjain, India: A Framework Analysis

Dynamics of Household Waste Segregation Behaviour in Urban Community in Ujjain, India: A Framework Analysis

Identifying the influencing factors and constructing incentive pattern of residents’ waste classification behavior using PCA-logistic regression

Domestic Waste Classification Behavior and Its Deviation from Willingness: Evidence from a Random Household Survey in Beijing

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