TY - JOUR
AU - Widmar, Ron
AB - Motivations and Barriers to Recycling: Toward a Strategy for Public Education DEBORAH SIMMONS and RON WIDMAR ster 1975). In addition, several studies have shown a rela- he typical American generates 25 pounds of solid T waste each week, 570 disposable diapers are thrown tionship between level of general environmental concern away each second, and a family of five uses 1,000 glass or attitudes toward the environment and participation in bottles and jars each year, along with 2,000 metal cans. environmental behaviors (see Borden and Francis 1978; Estimates suggest that only 10% of that solid waste is re- Borden and Schettino 1979; Crosby et al. 1981; Maloney cycled. As more landfills close and communities are faced and Ward 1973; Sia, Hungerford, and Tomera 1985-86). with the dilemma of what to do with the vast amount of Although some may be motivated by basic values, de- waste produced, the need for increased recycling and sired lifestyle, a sense of environmental or social respon- other solid waste reduction behaviors is heightened. The sibility, or general concern for the environment, many key question becomes, What influences individuals to re- will fmd economic motivations sufficient to justify the duce their own production of garbage 
TI - Motivations and Barriers to Recycling: Toward a Strategy for Public Education
JF - The Journal of Environmental Education Online
DO - 10.1080/00958964.1990.9943041
DA - 1990-10-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/taylor-francis/motivations-and-barriers-to-recycling-toward-a-strategy-for-public-Jbbi5Qfz3T
SP - 13
EP - 18
VL - 22
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
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