Recycling Attitudes and Behaviors
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Authors
Pankrat, Courtney
Issue Date
2012
Type
Thesis
Language
en
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Abstract
In this study, the researcher aimed to examine the attitudes and behaviors of Americans in relation to recycling. A survey was distributed online via Survey Monkey using the snowball method to obtain a convenient sample of 105 participants. The survey contained 13 questions: 3 open-ended questions and 10 closed-ended questions. The survey results showed that most people do recycle, that recycling is important to people, and that people do go out of their way to recycle even it is not convenient for them. Most survey participants also indicated that they think they should recycle in order to contribute to environmental protection. The survey participants indicated that they were mostly aware of which items went in which bins (garbage versus recycling). The survey participants revealed that they thought they were, as individuals, important to solve the environmental problem and that they would cause a good amount of damage if they did not recycle. Finally, the results indicated that most people believed there was some message from the media and government about recycling, although the strength of that message varied.