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Under What Conditions Do Community Demographics Influence Aggregate Recycling?, Edward Kotter
Under What Conditions Do Community Demographics Influence Aggregate Recycling?, Edward Kotter
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Tons of household waste go to landfills throughout the western United States each year. Recycling has been a popular way for cities to extend the life of landfills by decreasing the amount of waste entering them. The development and implementation of recycling programs has not come without challenges. People recycle or do not recycle for different reasons. Much research has been done to understand who recycles, who does not recycle, and what recycling program characteristics elicit greater participation. This study adds to the existing body of literature by focusing on determinants of community-level recycling in the western United States. This …