Explaining Rural Household Participation in Recycling

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics

Volume

29

Issue

1

Publication Date

1997

First Page

141

Last Page

148

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.

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