Do economic incentives affect attitudes to solid waste source separation? Evidence from Ghana

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 78, Issue , 2013, Pages 115-123

  Owusu, Victor ^a   Adjei Addo, Emmanuel ^a   Sundberg, Cecilia ^b  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Africa; Economic incentives; Ghana; Household source separation; Willingness to accept

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ECONOMIC INCENTIVE; EMPIRICAL FINDINGS; GHANA; URBAN-HOUSEHOLD; WASTE SEPARATION; WASTE SOURCE SEPARATIONS; WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT;

SOLID WASTES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

SOURCE SEPARATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; LOW INCOME HOUSING; SOLID WASTE; URBAN SOCIETY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASH INCENTIVE; FEMALE; GENDER; GHANA; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; PRODUCTIVITY; REWARD; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SOLID WASTE SOURCE SEPARATION; SORTING; URBAN POPULATION;

GHANA;

EID: 84882800956     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2013.07.002     Document Type: Article

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