Survey of attitudes and perceptions of urine-diverting toilets and human waste recycling in Hawaii

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 443, Issue , 2013, Pages 749-756

  Lamichhane, Krishna M ^a   Babcock, Roger W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude and perceptions; Nutrient recycling; Survey; Urine diverting toilet

Indexed keywords

CAUCASIANS; CHI-SQUARED TEST; DOMESTIC SEWAGE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FERTILIZER USE; GENERAL PUBLICS; HUMAN WASTE; MICROPOLLUTANTS; NUTRIENT RECYCLING; ONLINE SURVEYS; P-VALUES; PHARMACEUTICAL RESIDUES; PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS; RESPONSE RATE; SMALL SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIETAL BENEFITS; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; URINE DIVERTING TOILET; WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

BODY FLUIDS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; HORMONES; NUTRIENTS; SEWAGE; SOURCE SEPARATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RECYCLING; WATER SUPPLY;

SURVEYS;

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERCEPTION; RECYCLING; URINE; WASTEWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO CHANGE; AWARENESS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL DEVICE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN WASTE RECYCLING; INCOME; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; URINE DIVERTING TOILET; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HAWAII; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEWAGE; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870712181     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.11.039     Document Type: Article

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