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Factors Influencing Residents’ Behavior in Internet Recycling: From the Perspective of the Adoption of New Technology
Achieving carbon neutrality has become a major national strategy for sustainability, and the recycling of recyclable resources is an important direction toward doing so. Due to the huge amounts of recyclable resources generated every year and the low recycling rate, a new Internet recycling model wi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9141912/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35627703 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19106166 |
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author | Liu, Tingting Zheng, Zichen Wen, Zhichao Wu, Shangyun Liu, Yaru Cao, Jing Weng, Zhixiong |
author_facet | Liu, Tingting Zheng, Zichen Wen, Zhichao Wu, Shangyun Liu, Yaru Cao, Jing Weng, Zhixiong |
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description | Achieving carbon neutrality has become a major national strategy for sustainability, and the recycling of recyclable resources is an important direction toward doing so. Due to the huge amounts of recyclable resources generated every year and the low recycling rate, a new Internet recycling model with great potential to increase the recycling rate has developed rapidly in China. However, low participation from residents hinders the sustainable development of Internet recycling. Through this study, we aim to uncover potential avenues for improving Internet recycling behavior. The factors influencing Internet recycling from the perspective of new technologies have scarcely been investigated. Therefore, this study used the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology theoretical framework to explore the factors influencing residents’ intentions and behavior toward Internet recycling. A questionnaire survey was conducted with 500 residents of Beijing, China, and empirical analysis was conducted using the structural equation model. The results indicated that social influence and performance expectancy significantly influence residents’ intentions to participate in Internet recycling, whereas effort expectancy and perceived risk do not. Facilitating conditions and behavioral intentions were identified as influential factors for use behavior. Relevant recommendations for promoting residents’ Internet recycling behavior were proposed. |
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spelling | pubmed-91419122022-05-28 Factors Influencing Residents’ Behavior in Internet Recycling: From the Perspective of the Adoption of New Technology Liu, Tingting Zheng, Zichen Wen, Zhichao Wu, Shangyun Liu, Yaru Cao, Jing Weng, Zhixiong Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Achieving carbon neutrality has become a major national strategy for sustainability, and the recycling of recyclable resources is an important direction toward doing so. Due to the huge amounts of recyclable resources generated every year and the low recycling rate, a new Internet recycling model with great potential to increase the recycling rate has developed rapidly in China. However, low participation from residents hinders the sustainable development of Internet recycling. Through this study, we aim to uncover potential avenues for improving Internet recycling behavior. The factors influencing Internet recycling from the perspective of new technologies have scarcely been investigated. Therefore, this study used the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology theoretical framework to explore the factors influencing residents’ intentions and behavior toward Internet recycling. A questionnaire survey was conducted with 500 residents of Beijing, China, and empirical analysis was conducted using the structural equation model. The results indicated that social influence and performance expectancy significantly influence residents’ intentions to participate in Internet recycling, whereas effort expectancy and perceived risk do not. Facilitating conditions and behavioral intentions were identified as influential factors for use behavior. Relevant recommendations for promoting residents’ Internet recycling behavior were proposed. MDPI 2022-05-19 /pmc/articles/PMC9141912/ /pubmed/35627703 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19106166 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Liu, Tingting Zheng, Zichen Wen, Zhichao Wu, Shangyun Liu, Yaru Cao, Jing Weng, Zhixiong Factors Influencing Residents’ Behavior in Internet Recycling: From the Perspective of the Adoption of New Technology |
title | Factors Influencing Residents’ Behavior in Internet Recycling: From the Perspective of the Adoption of New Technology |
title_full | Factors Influencing Residents’ Behavior in Internet Recycling: From the Perspective of the Adoption of New Technology |
title_fullStr | Factors Influencing Residents’ Behavior in Internet Recycling: From the Perspective of the Adoption of New Technology |
title_full_unstemmed | Factors Influencing Residents’ Behavior in Internet Recycling: From the Perspective of the Adoption of New Technology |
title_short | Factors Influencing Residents’ Behavior in Internet Recycling: From the Perspective of the Adoption of New Technology |
title_sort | factors influencing residents’ behavior in internet recycling: from the perspective of the adoption of new technology |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9141912/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35627703 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19106166 |
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