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Factors Influencing Environmental Attitudes and Behaviors: A U.K. Case Study of Household Waste Management

Barr, Stewart·2007·Environment and Behavior

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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.

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“• At the household level, Tucker & Douglas (2007 [WR0112]) and Barr (2007) both offer suggestions for detailed opportunities for discrete waste prevention behaviours.”
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“This is due to the fact that participation in one environmental behaviour does not automatically guarantee participation in other similar behaviours (Barr, 2007; Ebreo & Vining, 2001; Granzin & Olsen, 1991; Oskamp et al., 1991).”
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“Since behavior can be difficult to gauge in many research contexts, researchers often measure behavioral intentions as a kind of proxy (e.g., Barr, 2007).”
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Authors: Barr, S.
Affiliations: University of Exeter (GB)
Corresponding author: Barr, Stewart
ORCID: Barr, Stewart
Venue: Environment and Behavior
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2007-07
Volume: 39
Issue: 4
Pages: 435-473
ISSN: 0013-9165 (ISSN-L)
1552-390X
DOI: 10.1177/0013916505283421
OpenAlex: W1989535098
Cited by: 849
References: 0
Citations by year: 2026: 47 · 2025: 40 · 2024: 46 · 2023: 59 · 2022: 52 · 2021: 65 · 2020: 67 · 2019: 60 · 2018: 71 · 2017: 46 · 2016: 44 · 2015: 39 · 2014: 45 · 2013: 41 · 2012: 34
FWCI: 76.66
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: Environment and Behavior (publishedVersion)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Pro-Environmental Behavior and Attitudes
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Waste Management and Recycling
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Municipal Solid Waste Management
Keywords: environmental attitudes, environmental behavior, waste management behavior, waste reduction, reuse, recycling, environmental values, situational characteristics, psychological factors, intention-behavior relationship, normative behavior, environmental concern, environmental knowledge

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