Newspaper Recycling
- 1 December 1979
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Environment and Behavior
- Vol. 11 (4), 539-557
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0013916579114006
Abstract
Newspaper recycling, if widely practiced, could contribute to the conservation of natural resources and energy. Two experiments using multiple baseline designs with reversals were conducted to investigate the effects of two procedures-rewards and the proximity of recycling containers-on the amount of newspaper recycled. Baseline consisted of placing recycling container in each of four mobile home parks. In the reward condition, children earned toys for recycling newspaper in two parks; in the proximity condition, six additional recycling containers were made available in the other two parks. The reward condition produced a 92% average increase over baseline while the proximity condition produced a 52% average increase in newspaper recycled.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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