caa a22 4500 477046673 CHVBK 20180405111332.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00411470 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00411470 Towards sound environmental behaviour: Exploring household participation in waste management [Elektronische Daten] [Helena Åberg, Sven Dahlman, Helena Shanahan, Roger Säljö] In Richtung auf umweltverträgliches Verhalten: Die Untersuchung der Beteiligung von Haushalten an Abfalltrennung und Müllvermeidung The article reports a study of household participation in waste management. The empirical material stems from a long-term experiment with local composting carried out in a suburb of the city of Göteborg, Sweden. Fifty-two households of a population of 180 voluntarily participated in the field experiment where three makes of compostors were tested. The aim of the paper is to shed light on some critical factors that are of importance when introducing and evaluating new waste management systems that rely on active participation by households. The motives behind the initial decision to participate, as well as factors influencing continuation or discontinuation, are identified and analysed. Data were collected through three interviews carried out in the homes of participating families during the experimental period of one year. Amongst the results reported it can be seen that a general environmental concern was a common factor behind the decision to participate in the project. The positive attitude towards composting was strong throughout the experiment, although composting behaviour in the implementation phase declined in such a way that less material was composted due to lack of knowledge, technical misfits, and problems related to internal household dynamics. Another important result found was that the obstacles perceived by prospective participants prior to the commencement of the composting were not those that in fact proved to be decisive. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996 Åberg Helena aut Dahlman Sven aut Shanahan Helena aut Säljö Roger aut Journal of Consumer Policy Kluwer Academic Publishers 19/1(1996-03-01), 45-67 0168-7034 19:1<45 1996 19 10603 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00411470 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00411470 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Åberg Helena aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dahlman Sven aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Shanahan Helena aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Säljö Roger aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Consumer Policy Kluwer Academic Publishers 19/1(1996-03-01), 45-67 0168-7034 19:1<45 1996 19 10603 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer