Recycling behaviour of householders living in multicultural urban area: a case study of Järva, Stockholm, Sweden

Miafodzyeva, Sviatlana; Brandt, Nils; Andersson, Mari

doi:10.1177/0734242x13476746

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“…Moral obligation was found to be the weakest determinant of health workers' HCW segregation behaviors which is in contrast to the results of previous studies [16, 31] where moral obligation was found to be the strongest determinant of behavior. Ajzen [10] recommended the addition of moral obligation to some contexts so as to improve the predictive strength of the TPB.…”

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Health Care Waste Segregation Behavior among Health Workers in Uganda: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior

Akulume

Kiwanuka

2016

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

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Objective. The goal of this study was to assess the appropriateness of the theory of planned behavior in predicting health care waste segregation behaviors and to examine the factors that influence waste segregation behaviors. Methodology. One hundred and sixty-three health workers completed a self-administered questionnaire in a cross-sectional survey that examined the theory of planned behavior constructs (attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, and intention) and external variables (sociodemographic factors, personal characteristics, organizational characteristics, professional characteristics, and moral obligation). Results. For their most recent client 21.5% of the health workers reported that they most definitely segregated health care waste while 5.5% did not segregate. All the theory of planned behavior constructs were significant predictors of health workers' segregation behavior, but intention emerged as the strongest and most significant (r = 0.524, P < 0.001). The theory of planned behavior model explained 52.5% of the variance in health workers' segregation behavior. When external variables were added, the new model explained 66.7% of the variance in behavior. Conclusion. Generally, health workers' health care waste segregation behavior was high. The theory of planned behavior significantly predicted health workers' health care waste segregation behaviors.

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Health Care Waste Segregation Behavior among Health Workers in Uganda: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior

Akulume

Kiwanuka

2016

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

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“…The studies included are of qualitative, quantitative and mixed method design and descriptive information on them can be found in Appendix A. The publications by Miafodzyeva et al [24], Gregson et al [25], and Bonatti [26] study waste sorting among people with an immigration background or ethnic minorities. All other resource recovery studies that were included in this review do not study waste sorting among people with an immigration background per se, but meet the inclusion criteria because information on waste sorting among ethnic groups or immigrants was presented as a byproduct of their objectives [27][28][29][30][31][32][33].…”

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“…Waste sorting and recycling among people with an immigration background and ethnic minorities were mentioned in studies that were conducted in Italy [26]; Northern Europe and the UK [25]; the UK [30][31][32][33]; the Netherlands [28]; and Sweden [24,27,29]. All these studies used the concept of 'recycling' rather than 'waste sorting'.…”

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Household Waste Sorting and Engagement in Everyday Life Occupations After Migration—A Scoping Review

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The aim of this scoping review was to gain an overview of the current state of the literature on the engagement in waste sorting post migration from an occupational perspective, in the light of two aspects sustainability efforts currently face: Increased human migration and environmental degradation. Both the resource recovery and occupational science literature were reviewed and analyzed. However, despite the current lack on studies on how migrants' transition into waste sorting schemes at the household level, this scoping review was able to provide a broad picture of the engagement in daily activities that support sustainability, such as household waste sorting. Given the current initiatives to develop efficient resource recovery from waste, such knowledge contributes to efforts to engage households with different cultures and experiences in waste sorting. The results highlight the importance of future research to better understand how people who are new to waste management schemes experience these, and study the way that engagement in waste sorting shifts and transforms. This is because providing such knowledge can contribute to raising awareness of the environmental impact of waste sorting, and inform policies aimed at sustainable waste management.

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“…The review also focuses on the sorting of the food packaging waste carried out by the households. Sorting of food packaging waste is done in an attempt to manage this waste fraction at the proper level in the waste hierarchy, i.e., recycling [5,43]. Similar to previous studies, the act of sorting the waste for preparing the packaging for material recycling is also called 'recycling behavior'.…”

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The Role of Food Packaging Design in Consumer Recycling Behavior—A Literature Review

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Household waste sorting at the source is an essential part of the waste management system in many countries. Correct sorting of this waste, including food packaging waste, is cost-effective, it facilitates the recycling process and enhances the quality of the recycled product. Although there is a growing body of research that studies the effect of different attributes of food packaging on household recycling behavior, the effect of these attributes on the sorting of the food packaging waste is not well known. This contribution reviews work that studies the relationship between attributes of food packaging and consumer sorting behavior. The review highlights the potential of the visual attributes and the quality of packaging as a communication channel for encouraging consumers to sort the food packaging waste. The efficiency of the waste management system and the quality of recycled products can hence be affected by the proper design of food packaging.Sustainability 2019, 11, 4350 2 of 23 waste management scheme, and in particular in sorting at the source, have been discussed in previous studies [1,6,[16][17][18][19][20][21]. For example, the fractions that are obtained when sorting at the source (e.g., glass, plastic, and paper) have a higher quality compared to fractions obtained when sorting at MRFs, and the source separation process is less expensive [1,3,19]. Hence, correct sorting of waste fractions can increase material recycling and contribute to a circular economy.Among the different fractions of HSW, food packaging is of interest due to the increasing amount of this type of waste. Also, food packaging is estimated to be more than one-third of the total global packaging market [22,23]. However, the amount of recycled food packaging waste still is not sufficient. For instance, in 2017 only 56% of the 4.4 million tons of packaging waste that was generated in Australia was recycled [24]. In the United States of America, in 2015 the recycling rate of packaging waste and containers was 53% and over 23% of packaging waste was landfilled [25]. In Sweden, approximately 60% of household mixed waste still contains recyclable packaging waste [3]. On a global scale, this amount of un-recycled food packaging waste, especially plastic packaging, can significantly harm the environment [26,27]. This impact could be reduced by proper waste sorting. Proper sorting of food packing, irrespective of whether it is plastic, paperboard, or metal, allows the material to be recycled instead of being used for energy recovery, landfilling, or dumping. Thus, food packaging waste could be a valuable resource that would have lower environmental impacts if it is sorted according to the type of the material that was used to make the packaging [1,3]. In addition, the positive correlation between increasing urbanization and packaging consumption is expected to continue [26]. This is likely to lead to a greater amount of food packaging waste in the future. It is therefore important to motivate consumers to participate in the waste sorting s...

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Recycling behaviour of householders living in multicultural urban area: a case study of Järva, Stockholm, Sweden

Cited by 57 publications

References 25 publications

Health Care Waste Segregation Behavior among Health Workers in Uganda: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior

Health Care Waste Segregation Behavior among Health Workers in Uganda: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior

Household Waste Sorting and Engagement in Everyday Life Occupations After Migration—A Scoping Review

The Role of Food Packaging Design in Consumer Recycling Behavior—A Literature Review

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