Determining the drivers for householder pro-environmental behaviour: Waste minimisation compared to recycling

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-48

  Tonglet, Michele ^a   Phillips, Paul S ^a   Bates, Margaret P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Householders; Recycling; Theory of Planned Behaviour; Waste minimisation

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTES;

COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL MODELS; LOCAL AUTHORITY SCHEMES; MODELLING; WASTE MINIMIZATION;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; PERCEPTION; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; COMMUNITY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECYCLING; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE MINIMIZATION;

EID: 2542468795     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2004.02.001     Document Type: Article

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