“…This has been propelled by two inter-related factors: heightened environmental awareness and public education, and co-production or partnerships in the recycling program (Folz, 1999(Folz, , 1991Taylor, 1999;Lober, 1996;Tchobanoglous, Theusen, & Vigil, 1993;Ward & Gleiber, 1993;Powelson & Powelson, 1992;Anderson & Burnham, 1992). In turn, development of these factors implies two important favorable conditions: (a) the existence of an adequate civic culture or awareness; 1 and, (b) fairly developed opportunity structures for participation and whose utilization by citizens has been producing unequivocal results about the efficacy of participation (Dotcherty, Goodlad, & Paddison, 2001;Brinkerhoff, 2000).…”