Reducing solid waste. Linking recycling to environmentally responsible consumerism

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 107-135

  Ebreo, Angela ^b   Hershey, James ^a   Vining, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032992078     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00139169921972029     Document Type: Article

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