“If it is not made easy for me, I will just not bother”. A qualitative exploration of the barriers and facilitators to recycling plastics

Roy, Deborah; Berry, Emma; Dempster, Martin

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0267284

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“…Psychology as a field clearly favors individual-level solutions. There are over 17,000 articles in Google Scholar from the past 20 years that mention increasing individual recycling, many of which point to structural barriers that obscure how people are supposed to recycle (De Young, 1990;Roy, Berry, & Dempster, 2022). We can, however, employ psychology and its individual-level tactics to force institutions and corporations to make hard choices, for good.…”

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The i-frame and the s-frame: How focusing on individual-level solutions has led behavioral public policy astray

Chater¹,

Loewenstein²

2022

Behav Brain Sci

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An influential line of thinking in behavioral science, to which the two authors have long subscribed, is that many of society's most pressing problems can be addressed cheaply and effectively at the level of the individual, without modifying the system in which the individual operates. We now believe this was a mistake, along with, we suspect, many colleagues in both the academic and policy communities. Results from such interventions have been disappointingly modest. But more importantly, they have guided many (though by no means all) behavioral scientists to frame policy problems in individual, not systemic, terms: to adopt what we call the “i-frame,” rather than the “s-frame.” The difference may be more consequential than i-frame advocates have realized, by deflecting attention and support away from s-frame policies. Indeed, highlighting the i-frame is a long-established objective of corporate opponents of concerted systemic action such as regulation and taxation. We illustrate our argument briefly for six policy problems, and in depth with the examples of climate change, obesity, retirement savings, and pollution from plastic waste. We argue that the most important way in which behavioral scientists can contributed to public policy is by employing their skills to develop and implement value-creating system-level change.

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Section: It's Always Both: Changing Individuals Requires Changing Sys...mentioning

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The i-frame and the s-frame: How focusing on individual-level solutions has led behavioral public policy astray

Chater¹,

Loewenstein²

2022

Behav Brain Sci

214

140

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“…Health practitioners often stress the importance of simplicity and making the recommended actions easy to perform when promoting health behaviors (e.g., Koelen & Lindström, 2005; Michie et al, 2011). The plans we gave to half the participants provided more simplification of these participants’ actions, for example, by giving them access to relevant guidance at the time of action (Roy et al, 2022). Indeed, we observed that average exercise video use was at least three times higher in the plan than the no-plan condition—a finding that supports existing evidence for the effectiveness of action planning (Barz et al, 2016; Gollwitzer, 1999; Kwasnicka et al, 2013; Luszczynska et al, 2011).…”

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Planning engagement with web resources to improve diet quality and break up sedentary time for home-working employees: A mixed methods study.

Holford,

Tognon,

Gladwell

et al. 2023

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

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As home working becomes more common, employers may struggle to provide health promotion interventions that can successfully bridge the gap between employees' intentions to engage in healthier behaviors and actual action. Based on past evidence that action planning can successfully encourage the adoption of healthier behaviors, this mixed-methods study of a web-based self-help intervention incorporated a randomized planning trial that included quantitative measures of engagement and follow-up qualitative interviews with a subsample of participants. Participants either (a) selected a movement plan for incorporating a series of 2-min exercise videos into their work week to break up sedentary time and a balanced meal plan with recipe cards for a week's lunches and dinners or (b) received access to these resources without a plan. Selecting a movement plan was more effective at increasing engagement with the web resources compared to the no-plan condition. In the follow-up interviews, participants indicated that the plan helped to remind participants to engage with the resources and made it simpler for them to follow the guidance for exercises and meals. Ease of use and being able to fit exercises and meals around work tasks were key factors that facilitated uptake of the resources, while lack of time and worries about how colleagues would perceive them taking breaks to use the resources were barriers to uptake. Participants' self-efficacy was associated with general resource use but not plan adherence. Overall, including plans with online self-help resources could enhance their uptake.

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“…Consumers consider the environment generally, but this kind of consideration will not turn into action one hundred percent [9]. They are hesitant at three factors: the first is that they are not sure which kind of plastics should be recycled, the second is that the recycling action is not so important in their daily life, and the third is that they think government can take this responsibility more easily than individuals.…”

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An Ineffective Industry Between the United States and China: Transnational Transfer of Plastic Waste

Li¹,

Sun²,

Hao³

2022

Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Economics, Smart Finance and Contemporary Trade (ESFCT 2022)

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The waste transfer is a long-standing trade between countries, especially from developed countries to developing countries. It has been facing the debate on economic benefits and environmental costs for many years. This research paper focuses on the market of waste transferring within the United States and China. The paper selects key indicators in the transfer process for benefit and cost estimation. The benefits and costs are calculated from a global perspective, including the benefits of waste export in the United States, the benefits of waste disposal in China, and the cost of China's environment and labor. It indicates that this trade is not effective mainly due to the high cost of environmental governance in China. The suggestions of actions are concluded in this research. Boycotting and establishing stricter policies and constructing more integrated waste protocols is a legitimate resolution.

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“If it is not made easy for me, I will just not bother”. A qualitative exploration of the barriers and facilitators to recycling plastics

Cited by 20 publications

References 48 publications

The i-frame and the s-frame: How focusing on individual-level solutions has led behavioral public policy astray

The i-frame and the s-frame: How focusing on individual-level solutions has led behavioral public policy astray

Planning engagement with web resources to improve diet quality and break up sedentary time for home-working employees: A mixed methods study.

An Ineffective Industry Between the United States and China: Transnational Transfer of Plastic Waste

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