Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-r5fsc Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-24T22:51:32.607Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Explaining Rural Household Participation in Recycling

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Paul M. Jakus ,
Kelly H. Tiller  and
William M. Park
Paul M. Jakus
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, The University of Tennessee
Kelly H. Tiller
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, The University of Tennessee
William M. Park
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, The University of Tennessee
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Rising landfill costs have forced solid waste managers to consider waste stream reduction alternatives such as household recycling. Explaining the factors which motivate households to recycle is important to regions where households must bear a large portion of the recycling cost because unit-based garbage disposal fees and curbside recycling are not feasible options. Empirical results indicate that residents are responsive to constraints introduced by the household production technology, such as time costs and storage space, but are not responsive to variables measuring a recycling promotional program. Promotion efforts should switch focus from broader “public good” benefits of recycling to reducing household-level household production constraints.

Keywords

dropoff recyclinghousehold recycling participationrural regions
Type
Articles
Information
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , July 1997 , pp. 141 - 148
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1997

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Barker, K., Fong, L., Grossman, S., Quinn, C., and Reid, R.. “Comparison of Self-Reported Recycling Attitudes and Behaviors with Actual Behavior.” Psychological Reports 75(1994):571-77.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Darcy, S. “Landfill Crisis Prompts Action.” Manage. of World Wastes 32(1991):28–55.Google Scholar
Fullerton, D., and Kinnaman, T.C.. “Household Responses to Pricing Garbage by the Bag.” Amer. Econ. Rev. 86(1996):971-84.Google Scholar
Hong, S., Adams, R.M., and Love, H.A.. “An Economic Analysis of Household Recycling of Solid Wastes.” J. Environ. Econ. and Manage. 25(1993):136-46.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Jakus, P.M., Tiller, K.H., and Park, W.M.. “Generation of Recyclables by Rural Households.” J. Agr. and Resour. Econ. 21(1996):96–108.Google Scholar
Malia, J.E., and Morrissey, J.. “Rural Communities and Subtitle D: Problems and Solutions.” Joint TV A/EPA project. Tennessee Valley Authority/ Center for Waste Management, and Environmental Protection Agency, Region IV, Atlanta GA, December 1994.Google Scholar
Mitchell, R.C., and Carson, R.T.. Using Surveys to Value Public Goods: The Contingent Valuation Method. Washington DC: Resources for the Future, 1989.Google Scholar
Morris, G.E., and Holthausen, D.M.. “The Economics of Household Solid Waste Generation and Disposal.” J. Environ. Econ. and Manage. 26(1994):215-34.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Oskamp, S., Harrington, M.J., Edwards, T.C., Sherwood, D.L., Okuda, S.M., and Swanson, D.C.. “Factors Influencing Household Recycling Behavior.” Environ, and Behavior 23(1991):494–519.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Porter, B.E., Leeming, F.C., and Dwyer, W.O.. “Solid Waste Recovery: A Review of Behavioral Programs to Increase Recycling.” Environ, and Behavior 27(1995):122-52.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Saltzman, C, Duggal, V.G., and Williams, M.L.. “Income and the Recycling Effort: A Maximization Problem.” Energy Econ. 15(1993):33–38.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Steuteville, R. “The State of Garbage in America, Part II.” BioCycle 36,5(May 1995):30–37.Google Scholar
Vining, J., and Ebreo, A.. “What Makes a Recy-cler?” Environ, and Behavior 22(1990):55–73.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Vining, J., Linn, N., and Burdge, R.J.. “Why Recycle? A Comparison of Recycling Motivations in Four Communities.” Environ. Manage. 16(1992):785-97.CrossRefGoogle Scholar