Public Participation and Recycling Performance: Explaining Program Success

Folz, David H.; Hazlett, Joseph M.

doi:10.2307/976603

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“…Factors that influence the day of collection include the cost to the council and the convenience to the householders. Folz et al (1991), Everett et al (1993) and Noehammer et al (1997) found no relationship between the day of collection and participation. It was thus decided that this was not a parameter significant enough to have a bearing on the new Horsham scheme.…”

Section: Collection Daymentioning

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The development of a UK kerbside scheme using known practice

Woodard

Bench

Harder

2005

Journal of Environmental Management

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Local authorities in the UK have been set challenging new targets for recycling household waste for 2005. This means many of them are urgently trying to determine which parameters in kerbside schemes are most important for increasing recycling rates. In this work information from previous kerbside schemes is used to plan significant improvements in an existing scheme in Horsham District, UK, and trialled using 1,000 homes including a control group. It used fortnightly collection of residual waste with sets of recyclables collected on alternate weeks. The new scheme resulted in improvements of participation rates from 72% to 84%, and set-out rates of 45% to 59% (falling to 76% and 50% respectively some months later). Details on participation and set-out for different groups of materials is given, as well as levels of excess waste and participation in the collection of garden waste.

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Section: Collection Daymentioning

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The development of a UK kerbside scheme using known practice

Woodard

Bench

Harder

2005

Journal of Environmental Management

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“…It is believed that waste generated increases along with the improvement of living standards [2]; waste generation scales less than linearly as household size increases [49,50]; the dependency rate may result in different patterns of waste generation since households with dependents have very different consumption patterns compared to households with only working people [51]; while residents with higher education levels will have higher environmental awareness and produce less waste [52], the relationship between education and MSW generation is not definite [53]. Community and demographic characteristics, recycling policies, and public involvement in policy design will affect public participation in solid waste recycling [54].…”

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The Crowding-Out Effects of Garbage Fees and Voluntary Source Separation Programs on Waste Reduction: Evidence from China

2016

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This paper examines how and to what degree government policies of garbage fees and voluntary source separation programs, with free indoor containers and garbage bags, can affect the effectiveness of municipal solid waste (MSW) management, in the sense of achieving a desirable reduction of per capita MSW generation. Based on city-level panel data for years 1998-2012 in China, our empirical analysis indicates that per capita MSW generated is increasing with per capita disposable income, average household size, education levels of households, and the lagged per capita MSW. While both garbage fees and source separation programs have separately led to reductions in per capita waste generation, the interaction of the two policies has resulted in an increase in per capita waste generation due to the following crowding-out effects: Firstly, the positive effect of income dominates the negative effect of the garbage fee. Secondly, there are crowding-out effects of mandatory charging system and the subsidized voluntary source separation on per capita MSW generation. Thirdly, small subsidies and tax punishments have reduced the intrinsic motivation for voluntary source separation of MSW. Thus, compatible fee charging system, higher levels of subsidies, and well-designed public information and education campaigns are required to promote household waste source separation and reduction.

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“…in general, that local population, socioeconomic and political characteristics are less important in determining the relative success of programmes than are the types of policies chosen, how they are selected, and how they are implemented (Folz & Hazlett 1991;Granzin & Olsen 1991). This recycling finding and the weak socioeconomic correlational results of this study suggest that future research avenues should examine source reduction programmes to determine which characteristics will lead to success rather than developing policy based on demographic factors.…”

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Municipal Solid Waste Policy and Public Participation in Household Source Reduction

Lober

1996

Waste Manag Res

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This study examines the nature of public participation in implementing household source reduction of municipal solid waste in order to inform the development of waste policy. The objectives are to determine the degree of public participation in household source reduction, the importance given to this waste strategy relative to other waste management approaches with an emphasis on recycling, but also including landfilling and incineration, the motivations behind its practice and the demographic and attitudinal correlates of its practitioners. The method used was a telephone survey of residents in a community in Connecticut, U.S.A. The results were analysed using descriptive and correlational statistics.The results indicate that the activity of source reduction, using a variety of measures, is being widely practiced. Over 50% of respondents participated in at least one source reduction activity. However, the intensity of participation was low, with many individuals participating only infrequently in the activity. Furthermore, the amount of material potentially reduced through source reduction in the home is small. There was an equal degree of public support for recycling efforts with a large percentage of respondents considering recycling to be more important than source reduction. Demographic variab!es in this community did not prove to be significantly correiated with source reduction attitudes and behaviour.One policy implication is that the home may not be the most effective place for source reduction. as contrasted with recycling, given the limited number of source reduction activities available in the home. A second policy implication is that mechanisms to facilitate source reduction need to be developed. Finally, policy makers need to concentrate educational efforts towards public recognition of both what constitutes source reduction and the importance of this activity.Q 1996 ISWA

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Public Participation and Recycling Performance: Explaining Program Success

Cited by 73 publications

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The development of a UK kerbside scheme using known practice

The development of a UK kerbside scheme using known practice

The Crowding-Out Effects of Garbage Fees and Voluntary Source Separation Programs on Waste Reduction: Evidence from China

Municipal Solid Waste Policy and Public Participation in Household Source Reduction

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