Social factors influencing household waste separation: A literature review on good practices to improve the recycling performance of urban areas

D Knickmeyer - Journal of cleaner production, 2020 - Elsevier
As population density, urbanization and industrialization continue to increase, so do
quantities of global urban waste worldwide. Still, compact urban areas record low …

An in depth study of the effects of socio-economic conditions on household waste recycling practices

AD Emery, AJ Griffiths… - Waste Management & …, 2003 - journals.sagepub.com
Waste is never consistent. Different areas use different materials, which give rise to waste
streams that can vary widely in composition. With the increasing pressure on landfill …

Household recycling knowledge, attitudes and practices towards solid waste management

AA Babaei, N Alavi, G Goudarzi, P Teymouri… - Resources …, 2015 - Elsevier
A questionnaire survey consisting of 2400 householders was performed on Abadan
residents to evaluate their knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) towards solid waste …

Factors influencing household waste separation behavior: Cases of Russia and Finland

A Zaikova, I Deviatkin, J Havukainen, M Horttanainen… - Recycling, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper investigates the factors influencing the behavior of individuals in source-
separation of municipal solid waste in an immature system for collection of recyclable waste …

Survey on household solid waste sorting at source in developing economies: A case study of Nur-Sultan City in Kazakhstan

Y Sarbassov, T Sagalova, O Tursunov, C Venetis… - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
The exponential population growth in urban areas makes existing solid waste management
policies and strategies challenging. The situation becomes more strenuous in fast-growing …

External influences on forming residents' waste separation behaviour: Evidence from households in Hangzhou, China

L Xu, M Ling, Y Lu, M Shen - Habitat International, 2017 - Elsevier
Due to the increasing amount of global waste generated over the years, most countries have
the urgency to implement effective household waste recycling to solve this problem. In order …

Urban waste recycling behavior: antecedents of participation in a selective collection program

C Garcés, A Lafuente, M Pedraja, P Rivera - Environmental management, 2002 - Springer
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 …

The hidden dynamics of household waste separation: An anthropological analysis of user commitment, barriers, and the gaps between a waste system and its users

JTS Pedersen, H Manhice - Journal of cleaner production, 2020 - Elsevier
The implementation of household waste separation in the European Union (EU) faces
challenges, and argued less successful than expected. This article reports on an …

Household waste separation intention and the importance of public policy

B Chen, J Lee - International Trade, Politics and Development, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose The key challenge that urban cities in most developing and transitional economies
is confronting is municipal solid waste (MSW) management. Waste separation is a critical …

Recycling behaviour among householders: Synthesizing determinants via a meta-analysis

S Miafodzyeva, N Brandt - Waste and Biomass Valorization, 2013 - Springer
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 …