College Dorm Recycling

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M Barry Nashville Feb 18, 2010 9:06 am

I am looking for "best practices" on college dorm recycling from an "operational" perspective. [For example, the processes and procedures in place from the school's perspective an…

Fluorescent Light Recycling

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Sue Maxwell Whistler Feb 9, 2010 12:42 pm

I am involved with starting a province-wide extended producer responsibility program for residential fluorescent light bulbs. I was wondering if anyone had done some research on t…

Successful Recycling Marketing Campaigns

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Z Buege Green Bay Jan 29, 2010 14:10 pm

I was wondering if anybody had any case studies on successful marketing campaigns that helped to increase resident participation in curbside recycling programs. Z Buege Educati…

MultiTenant Office Block Recycling Programmes

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Hugh Tyrrell Cape Town Jan 28, 2010 2:12 am

I am looking for info/best practice/case-studies on multi-tenant recycling programmes in central city office blocks. This is a South African context (Cape Town), so job creation …

Signs that Encourage Internalized Recycling: Clinical Validation, Weak Messages and 'Creative Elaboration'

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Werner, C., White, P., Byerly, S., & Stoll, R. (2009). Signs that encourage internalized recycling: Clinical validation, weak messages and 'creative elaboration.'. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 29(2), 193-202.

Two experiments examined clinical validation’s ability to increase examination of a persuasive message and increase long-term recycling. In Experiment 1, validating (acknowledging…

Residential Food Waste Composting Report

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Rhodes Yepsen Emmaus Jan 20, 2010 15:09 pm

Considering the wide interest in composting, I thought you'd be interested in a press release that BioCycle magazine is sending out today on residential food waste collection prog…

The Relationship Between Environmental Activism, Pro-Environmental Behaviour and Social Identity

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Dono, J., Webb, J., & Richardson, B. (2009). The relationship between environmental activism, pro-environmental behaviour and social identity. Journal of Environmental Psychology, XX(X) (available online), 1-9.

Research on environmental activism remains poorly integrated and ill-defined and to date, there has been little examination of the relationship of environmental activism, pro-envi…

Composting in Winter

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Willow Lundgren Kansas City Jan 13, 2010 14:12 pm

I am writing an article due Tuesday, January 19 for Greenability magazine, and would like to interview a backyard composting behavioral expert and/or be directed to relevant behav…

It Matters a Hole Lot: Perceptual Affordances of Waste Containers Influence Recycling Compliance

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Duffy, S., & Verges, M. (2009). It matters a hole lot: Perceptual affordances of waste containers influence recycling compliance. Environment and Behavior, 41(5), 741-749.

This article examines whether specialized lids on waste receptacles affect recycling compliance in public settings. Thirty waste receptacles were assigned to a lids-present and li…

Compostable Bags for Green Bin Programs

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Matthew Adams Waterloo Jan 5, 2010 22:55 pm

I am looking for any literature or ideas on promoting the use of compostable bags rather than plastic bags for organic waste collection, especially for a municipal program. Any he…

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