Sustaining the environment through recycling: An empirical study

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 102, Issue , 2012, Pages 141-147

  Ramayah, T ^a   Lee, Jason Wai Chow ^b   Lim, Shuwen ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b NILAI UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Attitude; Convenience; Environmental awareness; Recycling behaviour; Social norms; Waste recycling

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RECYCLING; STUDENT; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; EMPIRICISM; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES REGRESSION; RECYCLING; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR; THEORY OF REASONED ACTION;

EID: 84862830575     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.02.025     Document Type: Article

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