University community responses to on-campus resource recycling

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University of Canterbury. Civil Engineering.
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2006
Authors
Kelly, T.C.
Mason, I.G.
Leiss, M.W.
Ganesh, S.
Abstract

In order to gain a better understanding of the attitudes and behaviour of a campus community toward a university concourse-based recycling scheme, a survey of 1400 students and staff, at Massey University, New Zealand was conducted. A written questionnaire focused on how recycling participation and source separation performance might be improved, and on general attitudes within the university community toward recycling. The recycling scheme was generally well supported, with predominantly positive recycling attitudes and self-reported recycling behaviour indicated for both students and staff. The major suggested improvement to the concourse system was to have better signage in more appropriate places, and there was strong support for extension of the recycling scheme across the wider campus. Significant relationships were found between self-reported recycling behaviour and attitudes toward recycling, self-reported recycling behaviour and campus occupation (student, postgraduate student, academic staff, or general staff) and self-reported recycling behaviour and place of work.

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Online version available 15 Dec 2005 at ScienceDirect. Duplicate of 12600206 - 2005 online copy, this copy published in 2006, for PBRF
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Kelly, T.C., Mason, I.G., Leiss, M.W., Ganesh, S. (2006) University community responses to on-campus resource recycling. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 47(1), pp. 42-55.
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attitudes, behaviour, campus, recycling, university, zero waste
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