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Factors Influencing Environmental Attitudes and Behaviors

A U.K. Case Study of Household Waste Management

Stewart Barr

University of Exeter, United Kingdom

Three waste management behaviors (waste reduction, reuse, and recycling) were examined with the use of a conceptual framework developed by the author. It was posited that environmental values, situational characteristics, and psychological factors all play a significant role in the prediction of waste management behavior, within the context of a core intention-behavior relationship. The framework was tested in a self-report questionnaire of 673 residents of Exeter, UK. It was found that the predictors of reduction, reuse, and recycling behavior differed significantly, with reduction and reuse being predicted by underlying environmental values, knowledge, and concern-based variables. Recycling behavior was, in contrast, characterized as highly normative behavior. The use of the approach taken for investigating other environmental behaviors is examined.

Key Words: waste management behavior • conceptual framework • values • attitudes • situational variables • United Kingdom

This version was published on July 1, 2007

Environment and Behavior, Vol. 39, No. 4, 435-473 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0013916505283421
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