Justifications and self-organization as determinants of recycling behavior: The case of used batteries

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 133-159

  Hansmann, Ralf ^a   Bernasconi, Petra ^a   Smieszek, Timo ^a   Loukopoulos, Peter ^a,b   Scholz, Roland W ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Battery recycling; Household's self organization; Justifications; Neutralization theory; Program knowledge; Recycling attitudes; Recycling behavior; Social norms

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BATTERIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RECYCLING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BATTERY RECYCLING; HOUSEHOLD'S SELF-ORGANIZATION; JUSTIFICATIONS; NEUTRALIZATION THEORY; PROGRAM KNOWLEDGE; RECYCLING ATTITUDES; RECYCLING BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NORMS;

SOLID WASTES;

ELECTRIC BATTERIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RECYCLING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLID WASTES; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; RECYCLING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BATTERY INDUSTRY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMESTIC WASTE; ECOLOGY; EMPIRICISM; HOUSEHOLD; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECYCLING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33646475407     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2005.10.006     Document Type: Article

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