How effective are current household recycling policies? Results from a national survey of U.S. households

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 92, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-10

  Saphores, Jean Daniel M ^a   Nixon, Hilary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottle bills; Deposit refund; Environmental attitudes; Household recycling; Marginal pricing

Indexed keywords

BOTTLES; COSTS; DEPOSITS; DROPS; ECONOMICS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; SURVEYS;

BOTTLE BILLS; CURBSIDE RECYCLING; ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDES; HOUSEHOLD RECYCLING; INTERNAL VARIABLES; MARGINAL PRICING; MULTINOMIAL LOGIT MODEL; NATIONAL SURVEYS;

RECYCLING;

ALUMINUM; GLASS; PLASTIC;

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NATIONAL PLANNING; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RECYCLING; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ETHNICITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECYCLING; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84907570966     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2014.08.010     Document Type: Article

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