Urban Waste Recycling Behavior: Antecedents of Participation in a Selective Collection Program

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CONCHITA GARCÉS
ALBERTO LAFUENTE
MARTA PEDRAJA
PILAR RIVERA
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[1] Departmento Economía y Dirección de Empresas,
[2] Universidad de Zaragoza,undefined
[3] Gran Vía,undefined
[4] 2,undefined
[5] 50.005 Zaragoza,undefined
[6] Spain,undefined
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Environmental Management | 2002年 / 30卷
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KEY WORDS: Urban waste; Selective collection; Incentives; Barriers; Behavior; Public services; Structural equation models;
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The aim of this study is to analyze the antecedents of urban waste recycling behavior. To achieve this goal, a concrete urban waste management program was chosen. The study focuses on the Selective Collection Program (SCP) in Zaragoza, a medium-sized city in northeastern Spain. The research starts with a conceptual model in which the variables that potentially affect recycling behavior can be classified into two groups: incentives and barriers. Moreover, the sociodemographic characteristics of the individuals are included in our study. Given that the proposed model requires specification of latent variables or constructs, the analysis is based on the Structural Equation Models (SEM) methodology. The results revealed that environmental awareness, knowledge of the environmental impact of urban waste, and the positive perception of management by local government exercise a positive effect on individual recycling behavior, while perceived personal difficulties (space and time availability) and distance to and from the container have a negative effect. As regards sociodemographic variables, this study found that annual family income sustains a negative relationship with recycling behavior, while age maintains a positive one. The results obtained clearly show the important role that the public authorities play, especially municipal governments, in achieving the waste recycling objectives established in accordance with international legislation.
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