Willingness to engage in a pro-environmental behavior: An analysis of e-waste recycling based on a national survey of U.S. households

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 60, Issue , 2012, Pages 49-63

  Saphores, Jean Daniel M ^a   Ogunseitan, Oladele A ^a   Shapiro, Andrew A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

Drop off recycling; Electronic waste; Factor analysis; Generalized ordered logit; Recycling behavior

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL MATERIALS; CURBSIDE RECYCLING; DATA SETS; DOMESTIC WASTES; E-WASTE; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ELECTRONIC WASTE (E WASTE); ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GENERALIZED ORDERED LOGIT; INTERNAL VARIABLES; LOGIT MODELS; ORDERED LOGIT MODEL; RECYCLING BEHAVIOR; RECYCLING BEHAVIORS; SOCIAL PRESSURES; SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS;

DROPS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RECYCLING; SURVEYS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

WASTES;

DATA SET; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DOMESTIC WASTE; ECOTOXICITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MARRIAGE; RECYCLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WASTE MINIMIZATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855784137     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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