Recycling attitude and behaviour in university campus: A case study in Hong Kong

Facilities

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 630-646

  Wan, Calvin ^a   Cheung, Ronnie ^a   Shen, Geoffrey Qiping ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Attitude; Environmental management; Facilities; Hong Kong; Recycling; Students; Theory of planned behaviour; University campus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868028004     PISSN: 02632772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02632771211270595     Document Type: Article

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