Using Coupon Incentives in Recycling Aluminum: A Market Approach to Energy Conservation Policy

Allen, Jeff; Davis, Duane L.; Soskin, Mark D.

doi:10.1111/j.1745-6606.1993.tb00750.x

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“…According to our analysis, 9 of the 20 studies (Fig. 7) that include this variable report some dependence between unit pricing and household behaviour [3,7,8,11,20,30,33,45,63], while 11 of 20 report no link between them [2,26,49,55,56,61,[64][65][66][67][68]. Thus the results are not consistent.…”

Section: Technical-organisational Group Of Variablesmentioning

confidence: 77%

Recycling Behaviour Among Householders: Synthesizing Determinants Via a Meta-analysis

Miafodzyeva

Brandt

2012

Waste Biomass Valor

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PostprintThis is the accepted version of a paper published in Waste and Biomass Valorization. This paper has been peer-reviewed but does not include the final publisher proof-corrections or journal pagination. Abstract A meta-analysis was made of results from previous studies on different variables influencing and determining the recycling behaviour of householders. These studies were conducted by researchers working in various fields in a number of different countries and are published in diverse journals. We evaluated trends in research outputs in the period 1990-2010, during which the provision of recycling facilities to householders has greatly expanded and requirements have become more extensive and often more complex. Variables affecting the recycling behaviour of householders were classified into four theoretical groups: socio-psychological, technical-organisational, individual socio-demographic and study-specific. These groups (clusters) were identified in a meta-analysis of 63 empirical studies culled from published research. The strongest predictors of householders' recycling behaviour were identified as being convenience, moral norms, information and environmental concern. The theoretical framework developed can be used to formulate questionnaires and in data analysis.

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Section: Technical-organisational Group Of Variablesmentioning

confidence: 77%

Recycling Behaviour Among Householders: Synthesizing Determinants Via a Meta-analysis

Miafodzyeva

Brandt

2012

Waste Biomass Valor

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165

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“…Research centered on environmental concern has focused largely on segmentation, based on individual and group perceptions and behaviors regarding general environmental concern (Diamantopoulos et al 2003; do Paco and Raposo 2009; D’Souza et al 2007; Lee 2009; Loureiro, McCluskey, and Mittelhammer 2002; Newell and Green 1997; Straughan and Roberts 1999). Unfortunately, research surrounding environmental concern tends to consider each major component in a vacuum (Allen, Davis, and Soskin 1993; Harrell and McConocha 1992; Morris, Hastak, and Mazis 1995; Schwepker and Cornwell 1991) as opposed to taking a comprehensive view to determine the relative importance of each component of concern. Moreover, the relative importance of each type of environmental issue and how it influences eco‐friendly behaviors have not yet been explored.…”

Section: The Environmental Consumermentioning

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The Public Health Implications of Consumers' Environmental Concern and Their Willingness to Pay for an Eco-Friendly Product

Royne

Levy

Martinez

2011

Journal of Consumer Affairs

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Environmental concern has been an important topic for more than 40 years and has recently become even more critical with today's concerns about creating a sustainable and healthy environment. This research examines factors affecting an individual's willingness to pay more for an environmentally friendly product. Our results show that willingness to pay more differs across demographic groups. We also find that individuals who rate concern for waste as highly important are willing to spend more money on an eco‐friendly product. Consequently, our findings provide insight into the development of appropriate educational strategies for different consumer groups to encourage consumers to purchase eco‐friendly products, with a goal of creating a healthier environment for current and future generations.

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“…Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs, 2007) claimed that economic instruments are highly effective in increasing community participation in waste recycling, the effectiveness of the reward or incentive schemes in promoting domestic waste recycling is doubtful. Allen et al (1993) studied the successfulness of a coupon scheme in promoting aluminium recycling in the United States, and concluded that the economic instrument could at best boost up recycling among previous recyclers. The scheme was found to be ineffective in changing the behaviour of previous non-recyclers.…”

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Domestic waste recycling, collective action and economic incentive: The case in Hong Kong

Yau

2010

Waste Management

117

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Efficacy of waste recycling is one of the key determinants of environmental sustainability of a city. Like other pro-environmental activities, waste recycling cannot be successfully accomplished by just one or two people, but only by a concerted effort of the community. The collective-action dilemma creates a common underlying difficulty in formulating workable solutions to many environmental problems. With a view to the non-excludability of the outcome, rationality drives people to free-ride efforts of others in waste recycling. To solve this free-rider problem, some scholars suggest the use of economic incentive. This article attempts to study the impacts of reward schemes on waste recycling behaviour of residents in 122 private housing estates in Hong Kong. The study is differentiable from the others as the latter mainly focus on domestic waste recycling in low-rise low-density housing while this one looks into the same in a high-rise high-density residential setting. According to the results of analyses on a set of aggregate data, reward schemes are found to have a significant positive relationship with the per-household weight of recyclables collected, keeping other things constant. The research findings suggest that economic incentives do work in promoting waste recycling in Hong Kong. Practical and policy implications follow.

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Using Coupon Incentives in Recycling Aluminum: A Market Approach to Energy Conservation Policy

Cited by 42 publications

References 52 publications

Recycling Behaviour Among Householders: Synthesizing Determinants Via a Meta-analysis

Recycling Behaviour Among Householders: Synthesizing Determinants Via a Meta-analysis

The Public Health Implications of Consumers' Environmental Concern and Their Willingness to Pay for an Eco-Friendly Product

Domestic waste recycling, collective action and economic incentive: The case in Hong Kong

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