The Influence of Reward and Penalty on Households’ Recycling Intention

Amini, Farshad; Ahmad, Jasmine; Ambali, Abdul Rauf

doi:10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.10.036

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“…By providing rewards, it would positively change their social beliefs and form a positive attitude towards recycling. This also indicates that respondents have a positive perception of reward as an economic instrument [16], [17]. Shaw and Maynard [16] investigated the potential of financial incentives to enhance householders' kerbside recycling behaviour in London.…”

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Assessment of Barriers Preventing Recycling Practices Among Bars and Eateries in Central South Africa

Denner

Vermaas

2018

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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Recycling is an important aspect of a sustainable society and depends largely on the willingness of consumers to participate in this practice. Some regions in South Africa recycle actively, but none in the central part of the country do yet. The area selected for this study included Bloemfontein, Welkom, Bethlehem, Clarens, Kroonstad, and Kimberley, which are all located in the central part of SA. Eateries and bars are businesses that generate a large amount of recyclable solid waste in terms of glass, plastic, paper, polystyrene, metal, and compostables. By identifying the barriers preventing these businesses from recycling, the local municipalities and recycling services could create a solution. Owners or employees of eateries and bars completed a self-administered questionnaire. Empirical data were obtained on knowledge of recycling and participation in recycling. Likert scale type questions were used to identify barriers that prevent recycling practices and to determine motives that could encourage the implementation of recycling programs. The respondents indicated a willingness to recycle if there is a financial benefit, as well as support offered by the municipality or government. Barriers that prevent recycling practices included implementation effort and cost, as well as lack of knowledge thereof. Only a small number of the respondents were aware of buy-back centres or collection services. These results indicate that these businesses do not grasp the impact that they can have with their recycling contributions and that the giveback would be worth the effort. They are also unaware of the services available to assist with implementation and practices of a recycling plan. The municipality and government would have to get involved by enforcing businesses to comply with recycling laws that should be implemented.

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“…In both studies, it is apparent that reward, most likely financial, can increase recycling. Amini et al [17] also stated that an increase in penalties affects perceived behavioural control, an increase in penalty lead to the decreased perception of difficulties and impossibility of recycling by 34%.…”

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Assessment of Barriers Preventing Recycling Practices Among Bars and Eateries in Central South Africa

Denner

Vermaas

2018

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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“…As previously mentioned, Social Norms is the variable found in most research. According to the study conducted by Amini et al [23], which aimed to investigate the influence of economic instruments (taxation and reward) on household recycling intentions in order to help the Malaysian government to enforce the necessary recycling regulations, by applying several multiple regression analyzes, it was shown that the factor Social Norms has a significant impact on the intention to recycle, even though the impact was smaller than that of attitude. Mahmud and Osman [17] considered social norms in their study and found that there is a significant influence on recycling behavior.…”

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“…Considering the control question, 16 persons did not add anything in the field associated with the question and they were eliminated from the sample. As a result, a total of 695 answers were kept for analysis, which is a reasonable number of observations [15,[21][22][23][25][26][27][29][30][31][32]34,39].…”

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Consumers’ Behavior in Selective Waste Collection: A Case Study Regarding the Determinants from Romania

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The increase in consumerism due to population growth, excessive advertising and the constant encouragement of buying behavior by advertising media and opinion formers comes with side effects for the environment and public health if it is not properly supported by a sustainable selective waste collection process. In this context, the paper aims at determining the impact of different elements on people’s intention to participate in selective waste collection and on their behavior related to the collection process. Based on the literature, a series of variables were considered and a questionnaire was created in order to extract people’s opinions related to the selective waste collection process. As discrepancies in findings might appear due to culture in various countries, the analysis has been conducted with reference to Romania’s case. The waste collection situation in Romania is similar in some ways to other countries in the world, with some differences related to a small recycling rate compared to other countries in the European Union. In this context, it is important to identify the determinants of the consumers’ behavior in selective waste collection and to act based on these findings. Creating better policies that can support the selective waste collection process will have results in increasing the waste collection rate, offering a clear and safer environment to all the citizens.

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“…There is a possibility for increasing the number of individuals who are devoted to recycling at household level when intrinsic and extrinsic factors required for proper waste management are met. These intrinsic and extrinsic factors are aligned to different aspects of socio-psychology, technology, policy and legislation, as well as the economy [8]. These intrinsic factors are socio-psychological motivation factors such as moral or social norms (belief in the benefit of recycling), environmental concerns, and behavioral economics (culture of stewardship, conservation and preservation as well as resource value), while extrinsic factors include financial incentives and other convenience factors [9].…”

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Households’ Perception of Financial Incentives in Endorsing Sustainable Waste Recycling in Nigeria

Abila

2018

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Abstract:Recycling is viewed as a central aspect in sustainability and mainly as pro-environmental consumer behavior. The purpose of this study is to examine the perception of households on financial incentives in endorsing sustainable recycling for municipal solid waste in Nigeria. The study was conducted in the Shomolu Local Government Area, Lagos State, Nigeria. The study also covers drivers for household willingness to recycle municipal solid waste on environmental risk, behavioral economics, resource value, economic benefit, convenience, knowledge, legislation, and belief. The result from the study asserts the hypothesis that financial incentives for recycling are vital for reducing and managing municipal solid waste sustainably. The most important driver for household willingness to recycle municipal solid waste is the detrimental environmental impacts. A moderate to positive relationship exists between households' perception of financial incentives for recycling and drivers for household willingness to recycle municipal solid waste. The study recommends adopting the extended producer responsibility (EPR) model, reverse vending options, amongst other approaches, in an effort to promote recycling culture among citizens and residents in Nigeria.

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The Influence of Reward and Penalty on Households’ Recycling Intention

Cited by 24 publications

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Assessment of Barriers Preventing Recycling Practices Among Bars and Eateries in Central South Africa

Assessment of Barriers Preventing Recycling Practices Among Bars and Eateries in Central South Africa

Consumers’ Behavior in Selective Waste Collection: A Case Study Regarding the Determinants from Romania

Households’ Perception of Financial Incentives in Endorsing Sustainable Waste Recycling in Nigeria

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