Evolutionary process of household waste separation behavior based on social networks

Zheng, Junjun; Gang, Ma; Wei, Ju; Wei, Wendong; He, Yujie; Jiao, Yangyang; Han, Xue

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105009

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“…Correspondingly, there are certain penalties for residents and organizations that do not cooperate with this policy. Most of the 46 cities have clarified penalties for illegal discharge of household waste by individuals and organizations, and stipulate that improperly sorted personal waste will be fined 50–200 CNY (7-30 USD) [ 25 ]. It is worth mentioning that the measures that combine rewards and punishments have been implemented to varying degrees in cities.…”

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Understanding the Gap between Environmental Intention and Pro-Environmental Behavior towards the Waste Sorting and Management Policy of China

Wang

Mangmeechai

2021

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Environmental pollution and ecological damage caused by human activities have attracted widespread attention in recent years, and while citizens’ environmental awareness and intentions have increased, their actions may not necessarily change accordingly. This study aims to understand the intention–behavior gap, based on the theory of planned behavior (TPB), by exploring the relationship between intention and pro-environmental behavior on the new waste sorting policy in China. The structural model of extended TPB was tested using sample data from 3113 residents of Changsha, each of whom was asked to complete a two-stage survey. Results demonstrated that perceived policy effectiveness and actual behavioral control positively affect behavioral intention, implementation intention, and pro-environmental behavior. Among them, the actual behavioral control of residents was found to be the most influential factor on behavioral intention and implementation intention, followed by residents’ perceived policy effectiveness. Moreover, behavioral intention and implementation intention mediate the relationship between antecedents and pro-environmental behavior. These findings imply that people with high-level perceptions of policy effectiveness, strong control over actual behavior, strong behavioral intentions, and strong implementation intentions are more likely to engage in pro-environmental behavior. The findings suggest that factors such as perceived policy effectiveness and actual behavioral control should be considered when implementing new policies and campaigns for waste sorting and management.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Understanding the Gap between Environmental Intention and Pro-Environmental Behavior towards the Waste Sorting and Management Policy of China

Wang

Mangmeechai

2021

IJERPH

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“…Correspondingly, there are certain penalties for residents and organizations that do not cooperate with this policy. Individuals face a fine of 50–200 CNY (7–30 USD) for not sorting waste properly [ 34 ].…”

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Linking Perceived Policy Effectiveness and Proenvironmental Behavior: The Influence of Attitude, Implementation Intention, and Knowledge

Wang

Mangmeechai

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Residents’ behavior is the result of the combined effect of external environment factors and internal psychological factors. Based on the theory of planned behavior (TPB) and the attitude–behavior–condition (ABC) theory, this study aims to explore the impact of policy support on residents’ psychological factors and proenvironmental behavior. This study developed an extended TPB and ABC model and replaced the behavioral intention in the TPB model with implementation intentions to enhance the ability of the variables to explain and predict proenvironmental behavior. The longitudinal research method was adopted to collect data through a two-stage questionnaire survey of 1145 Shanghai residents. Results demonstrated that perceived policy effectiveness has a significant and positive impact on attitude, implementation intention, and proenvironmental behavior. This means that proenvironmental behavior tends to appear in people with a high perception of policy effectiveness, positive attitude, and strong implementation intention. Moreover, this study points out for the first time that high waste management knowledge weakens the relationship between perceived policy effectiveness and attitude. For residents with high waste management knowledge, the effect of simple policy publicity is limited. The findings suggest that the government should increase the breadth and depth of policy support and policy publicity to cover the entire waste management process.

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“…Previous studies on MHW separation mainly focused on the principal factors affecting MHW separation and participation behavior, which provided support for decision makers/stakeholders to choose the best scheme. The key factors affecting the behavior of MHW separation and participation include internal factors such as attitude and knowledge (i.e., behavior attitude, environmental awareness, recycling and separation knowledge) [15][16][17][18][19][20][21], external factors such as social ties (i.e., families, friends, and neighborhoods) [5,[22][23][24][25][26], facility convenience (i.e., separation facilities, distance to recycling, time costs, facilities) [2,27], economic and policy incentives (i.e., regulations, laws, economic profits, government subsidies) [2,[28][29][30][31], technology (i.e., digital technology, bio-energy technology) [32,33], publicity and education [34], and individual social digital factors (i.e., gender, age, income, educational level, etc.) [35,36].…”

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“…In fact, in practice, levying environmental fees/taxes policies has been promoted. For example, in some communities, if people do not separate MHW, they need to pay MHW fees [20].…”

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Evolutionary Game Analysis on Behavioral Strategies of Government and Residents in Municipal Household Waste Separation

Zhang

Jian-hua

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Municipal household waste (MHW) separation is a fundamental way to achieve waste reduction and a recycling economy. This study takes the positions of government and residents in MHW separation as the research object, and aims to explore the change process and influencing factors of their decision-making behavior, which is of great significance to attract residents to participate in MHW separation and establish an effective MHW separation mechanism to solve MHW pollution. This paper firstly establishes an evolutionary game model between government and residents in MHW separation; secondly, the payoff matrix of the system is determined, and the replication dynamic equations under different constraints are calculated to obtain the evolutionary stability strategy of the system, and the stability conditions are analyzed; Finally, through numerical simulation, the decision-making behavior of MHW separation and its influencing factors are studied, and the rationality of the model is verified. The results show that: (1) In the process of MHW separation, residents often choose not to separate without government regulation; (2) Environmental fee rates and government effort have great impacts on residents’ decision-making behavior; (3) The increase of penalty intensity can significantly drive residents to separate MHW; (4) The sensitivity of residents’ behavior decision to subsidy coefficient is the lowest among all the variables, and the incentive effect of increasing subsidy coefficient is not obvious. The research results can not only provide theoretical guidance for policy makers to develop waste management policies, but also provide valuable insights for local communities to guide residents’ MHW separation behavior.

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Evolutionary process of household waste separation behavior based on social networks

Cited by 63 publications

References 45 publications

Understanding the Gap between Environmental Intention and Pro-Environmental Behavior towards the Waste Sorting and Management Policy of China

Understanding the Gap between Environmental Intention and Pro-Environmental Behavior towards the Waste Sorting and Management Policy of China

Linking Perceived Policy Effectiveness and Proenvironmental Behavior: The Influence of Attitude, Implementation Intention, and Knowledge

Evolutionary Game Analysis on Behavioral Strategies of Government and Residents in Municipal Household Waste Separation

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