TY - CHAP

T1 - Waste prevention behaviour and fast and frugal heuristics

AU - Bortoleto, Ana Paula

AU - Kause, Astrid

AU - Katsikopoulos, Konstantinos

PY - 2014/8/27

Y1 - 2014/8/27

N2 - Waste prevention encompasses both theoretical and applied research. Applied, because a primary goal is to address and ameliorate solid waste impacts and, consequently, environmental degradation. Theoretically, environmental psychology research has yielded some broad conclusions that have important relevance for urban issues, particularly waste generation. They include the idea that behaviour is strongly affected by the intrinsic motivation that follows that behaviour, that people learn not only behaviours but also values and norms from those around them and that people in different environments respond differently to different kinds of messages, policies and interventions. As a result, a relative homogeneity is expected within a context for pro-environmental behaviour, and somewhat larger differences across different contexts (e.g. countries). The effect of specific experiences and environmental knowledge may have an impact on developing individuals’ intrinsic motivation. These arguments are clearly relevant to understanding the interdependence between people’s engagement in waste prevention public policies and their perception of environmental protection.

AB - Waste prevention encompasses both theoretical and applied research. Applied, because a primary goal is to address and ameliorate solid waste impacts and, consequently, environmental degradation. Theoretically, environmental psychology research has yielded some broad conclusions that have important relevance for urban issues, particularly waste generation. They include the idea that behaviour is strongly affected by the intrinsic motivation that follows that behaviour, that people learn not only behaviours but also values and norms from those around them and that people in different environments respond differently to different kinds of messages, policies and interventions. As a result, a relative homogeneity is expected within a context for pro-environmental behaviour, and somewhat larger differences across different contexts (e.g. countries). The effect of specific experiences and environmental knowledge may have an impact on developing individuals’ intrinsic motivation. These arguments are clearly relevant to understanding the interdependence between people’s engagement in waste prevention public policies and their perception of environmental protection.

KW - Sustainability sciences, Communication

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84960503847&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.4324/9781315817941

DO - 10.4324/9781315817941

M3 - Chapter

AN - SCOPUS:84960503847

SN - 9781138225992

SN - 9780415737586

SP - 168

EP - 187

BT - Waste Prevention Policy and Behaviour

A2 - Bortoleto, Ana Paula

PB - Taylor and Francis Inc.

CY - London

ER -