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Waste Separation in Cafeterias: A Study among University Students in the Netherlands
Recycling waste is important to reduce the production of greenhouse gasses. The aim of this project was to understand determinants of cafeteria waste separation behavior among university students. First, the determinants of waste separation behavior among university students (n = 121) were explored...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6338995/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30602662 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16010093 |
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author | Árnadóttir, Ágústa D. Kok, Gerjo van Gils, Suzanne ten Hoor, Gill A. |
author_facet | Árnadóttir, Ágústa D. Kok, Gerjo van Gils, Suzanne ten Hoor, Gill A. |
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description | Recycling waste is important to reduce the production of greenhouse gasses. The aim of this project was to understand determinants of cafeteria waste separation behavior among university students. First, the determinants of waste separation behavior among university students (n = 121) were explored using an online questionnaire. In study 2 (pre-/post-test design), the effect of a small intervention (based on study 1) on actual waste sorting behavior was observed. Finally, a semi-qualitative study in 59 students was conducted as process evaluation of the intervention. The following results were revealed: (1) Students have limited knowledge about waste separation, have a high intention to separate waste, are positive about waste separation in general, and believe that they can separate waste correctly. (2) Just over half of the waste is correctly recycled. An intervention with extra information had no significant effect on improving recycling behavior. (3) Students evaluated the intervention positively. Some students suggested that more information should be available where the actual decision making takes place. Ultimately, this paper concludes that although students have a positive attitude and are willing to behave pro-environmentally, there is a gap between intention and actual behavior. These results may also apply to other organizations and members of those organizations. New interventions are needed to trigger students to make correct waste separation decisions where the actual decision making takes place. |
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spelling | pubmed-63389952019-01-23 Waste Separation in Cafeterias: A Study among University Students in the Netherlands Árnadóttir, Ágústa D. Kok, Gerjo van Gils, Suzanne ten Hoor, Gill A. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Recycling waste is important to reduce the production of greenhouse gasses. The aim of this project was to understand determinants of cafeteria waste separation behavior among university students. First, the determinants of waste separation behavior among university students (n = 121) were explored using an online questionnaire. In study 2 (pre-/post-test design), the effect of a small intervention (based on study 1) on actual waste sorting behavior was observed. Finally, a semi-qualitative study in 59 students was conducted as process evaluation of the intervention. The following results were revealed: (1) Students have limited knowledge about waste separation, have a high intention to separate waste, are positive about waste separation in general, and believe that they can separate waste correctly. (2) Just over half of the waste is correctly recycled. An intervention with extra information had no significant effect on improving recycling behavior. (3) Students evaluated the intervention positively. Some students suggested that more information should be available where the actual decision making takes place. Ultimately, this paper concludes that although students have a positive attitude and are willing to behave pro-environmentally, there is a gap between intention and actual behavior. These results may also apply to other organizations and members of those organizations. New interventions are needed to trigger students to make correct waste separation decisions where the actual decision making takes place. MDPI 2018-12-31 2019-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6338995/ /pubmed/30602662 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16010093 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Árnadóttir, Ágústa D. Kok, Gerjo van Gils, Suzanne ten Hoor, Gill A. Waste Separation in Cafeterias: A Study among University Students in the Netherlands |
title | Waste Separation in Cafeterias: A Study among University Students in the Netherlands |
title_full | Waste Separation in Cafeterias: A Study among University Students in the Netherlands |
title_fullStr | Waste Separation in Cafeterias: A Study among University Students in the Netherlands |
title_full_unstemmed | Waste Separation in Cafeterias: A Study among University Students in the Netherlands |
title_short | Waste Separation in Cafeterias: A Study among University Students in the Netherlands |
title_sort | waste separation in cafeterias: a study among university students in the netherlands |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6338995/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30602662 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16010093 |
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