What predicts household waste management behaviors? Culture and type of behavior as moderators

Determinants of Adopting a Zero Waste Consumer Lifestyle

“…While some authors found that subjective norm is an important predictor of the recycling behavior (Khan et al, 2019) or on the purchasing green products (Liobikienė et al, 2016), others have not identified its significant impact on the recycling behavior (Davies et al, 2002;Ma et al, 2017). In an international setting Mintz et al (2019) found that social norms predict in Germany the waste minimization and recycling in every condition but in Israel social norm was significant in waste minimization and recycling only when it was easy to do it.…”

“…As part of the environmentally conscious consumer behavior, the Recycling behavior of consumers and its antecedents have been widely researched in consumer literature (Davies et al, 2002;Izagirre-Olaizola et al, 2015;Kirchherr et al, 2017;Onel and Mukherjee, 2017;Pandley et al, 2017;Minelgaitė and Liobikienė, 2019;). Recently, some studies have also mentioned reducing behavior issues (Graham-Rowe et al, 2014;Mintz et al, 2019). Reusing aspects, such as second-hand shopping, donation or resell appears in several fashion and clothing related researches (Weber et al, 2016).…”

“…While the environmentally friendly behavior is a wider concept, encompassing several aspects of the reduction of pollution, the ZW is focused mainly on solid waste issues on household level regarding food, cosmetics, hygienic and household products and textile waste management. The majority of the studies related to one or more aspects of the ZW investigate the recycling behavior (Davies et al, 2002;Khan et al, 2019), the other dimensions of the 3R model are rarely examined (Mintz et al, 2019).…”

Fostering Resident Pro-Environmental Behavior: The Roles of Destination Image and Confucian Culture

“…Therefore, it is thought that Confucian culture has a powerful and deep influence on residents' environmental awareness and behavior [52]. Scholars have asserted that cultural values affect travelers' PEB [7], or as a type of moderator, cultural values predict household waste management behavior [53].…”

“…Confucian culture was measured by using the instrument developed by Zhang [53] and was treated as a first-order factor comprised of the three aspects of behavior-identity matching, Mianzi, and listening to others. The following items were employed to measure behavior-identity matching: "an individual's consumption behavior should match his/her social status", "an individual's clothing should match his/her social status", and "an individual's actions should match his/her social status".…”