Residents' behaviors, attitudes, and willingness to pay for recycling e-waste in Macau

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 106, Issue , 2012, Pages 8-16

  Song, Qingbin ^a   Wang, Zhishi ^a   Li, Jinhui ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Behaviors and attitudes; E waste; Macau; Questionnaire survey; WTP

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; RECYCLING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTES;

BEHAVIOR AND ATTITUDE; E-WASTES; ELECTRONICS PRODUCTS; LIFESPANS; MACAU; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; RECYCLING FACILITIES; RECYCLING LAWS; US DOLLAR; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ELECTRONIC WASTE;

AGE CLASS; EDUCATION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RECYCLING; RESIDENT POPULATION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MACAO; MALE; RECYCLING; RESIDENT; WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; MACAU;

EID: 84860345000     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.03.036     Document Type: Article

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