Multidimensional factors that influence the intention to practice segregation-at-source of solid waste: An empirical study

The influence mechanism of household waste separation behavior among college students in the post COVID-19 pandemic period

“…In recent years, many scholars have conducted extensive research on the influencing factors of residents’ HW disposal behavior. According to the literature [ 22 , 24 ], this paper summarizes four factors that frequently appeared and have a significant impact on residents’ HW separation behavior, i.e., Environmental Attitude and Consciousness (EAC), Environmental Knowledge and Education (EKE), Environmental Norms and Constraints (ENC), Environmental Facilities and Services (EFS). In the perspective of model design, not only influencing factors of general residents’ waste disposal behavior are considered, but also related influencing factors of college students’ unique behavior under the epidemic situation are taken into consideration because college students have formed a different community.…”

“…In addition, considering the possible mutual influence between the four latent variables, combined with relevant existing literatures [ 20 , 22 ], three relationship paths between the latent variables are added. Specifically, the relationship between EAC and ENC, which reflects the relevant impact of environmental behavior attitude and individual behavior norms; the relationship between EAC and EKE, which reflects the related influence of environmental behavior attitude and environmental knowledge; the relationship between ENC and EFS, which reflects the relevant impact of environmental norms of conduct and environmental service facilities.…”

“…Park and Ha depicted that when residents saw their neighbors or peers separating waste for recycling, their own behavior is also driven and influenced [ 21 ]. In addition, scholars have also found that the influence of descriptive norms on perceived behavioral control is a favorable predictor of individual waste separation behavior directly or indirectly [ 22 ].…”