Recycling and ambivalence: Quantitative and qualitative analyses of household recycling among young adults

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 777-797

  Ojala, Maria ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attitudinal ambivalence; Emerging adulthood; Environmental problems; Hope; Mixed emotions; Recycling behavior; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; RECYCLING; YOUNG POPULATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 53549106899     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916507308787     Document Type: Article

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