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Recycling

Markus Hadler

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    Abstract

    Recycling can be characterized as an intended environmentally significant behavior – if done with the intention to influence the environment. But, even when conducted for other reasons, such as monetary reward, recycling is still environmentally significant because it influences the distribution and use of environmental goods. Recycling is carried out mostly in the private sphere, similar to behaviors such as buying and boycotting certain products or improving the energy efficiency of one's home. This private nature differentiates it from public environmental behaviors such as activism and protest, and less costly political behaviors such as signing a petition, contacting a politician, and donating money to environmental organizations.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationThe Wiley Blackwell encyclopedia of consumption and consumer studies
    EditorsDaniel Thomas Cook, J. Michael Ryan
    Place of PublicationChichester, UK
    PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons
    Number of pages2
    ISBN (Print)9780470672846
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2015

    Publication series

    NameWiley Blackwell encyclopedias in social science
    PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons

    Keywords

    • consumer behavior
    • consumer resistance movements
    • ethical consumption
    • green consumption
    • waste

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