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The role of intergenerational influence in waste education programmes: The THAW project

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Maddox, P., Doran, C., Williams, I.D., Kus, M.·2011·Waste Management
DOI 10.1016/j.wasman.2011.07.023
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Whilst the education of young people is often seen as a part of the solution to current environmental problems seeking urgent attention, it is often forgotten that their parents and other household members can also be educated/influenced via home-based educational activities. This paper explores the theory of intergenerational influence in relation to school based waste education. Waste Watch, a UK-based environmental charity (www.wastewatch.org.uk), has pioneered a model that uses practical activities and whole school involvement to promote school based action on waste. This methodology has been adopted nationally. This paper outlines and evaluates how effective school based waste education is in promoting action at a household level. The paper outlines Waste Watch's 'Taking Home Action on Waste (THAW)' project carried out for two and half years in Rotherham, a town in South Yorkshire, England. The project worked with 6705 primary age children in 39 schools (44% of primary schools in the project area) to enable them to take the "reduce, reuse and recycle message" home to their families and to engage these (i.e. families) in sustainable waste management practices. As well as substantial increases in students' knowledge and understanding of waste reduction, measurement of the impact of the project in areas around 12 carefully chosen sample schools showed evidence of increased participation in recycling and recycling tonnages as well as declining levels of residual waste. Following delivery of the project in these areas, an average increase of 8.6% was recorded in recycling set out rates which led to a 4.3% increase in paper recycling tonnages and an 8.7% increase in tonnages of cans, glass and textiles collected for recycling. Correspondingly, there was a 4.5% fall in tonnages of residual waste. Waste Watch's THAW project was the first serious attempt to measure the intergenerational influence of an education programme on behaviour at home (i.e. other than schools' own waste). It clearly shows that household recycling behaviour can be positively impacted by intergenerational influence via a practical school-based waste education model. However, although the model could potentially have a big impact if rolled out nationally, it will require seed funding and the long-term durability of the model has not yet been fully quantified.

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Authors
Maddox, P., Doran, C., Williams, I. D., & Kus, M.
Affiliations
University of Southampton (GB)
Corresponding author
Williams, I.D.
ORCID
Williams, I.D.
Venue
Waste Management
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2011-12
Volume
31
Issue
12
Pages
2590-2600
ISSN
0956-053X (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.wasman.2011.07.023
OpenAlex
W2054944530
Cited by
115
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24
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FWCI
10.17
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Waste Management (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • ePrints Soton (University of Southampton) (submittedVersion)
  • OpenMETU (Middle East Technical University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Pro-Environmental Behavior and Attitudes
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Environmental Education in Latin America
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Waste Management and Recycling
Keywords
intergenerational influence, waste management education, school education, household recycling behavior, sustainable waste management, reduce, reuse, recycle, elementary school students, residual waste, recycling participation, behavior change
MeSH terms
Adult, Attitude, Child, Conservation of Natural Resources, Community Participation, England, Humans, Intergenerational Relations, Models, Educational, Recycling

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