A critical review of household recycling barriers in the United Kingdom

S Oluwadipe, H Garelick, S McCarthy… - Waste Management …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The UK recycling rate fluctuates between 45% and 47% and has consistently failed to meet
the 65% target set by the post-Brexit Resource and Waste Strategy. Understanding the …

[HTML][HTML] Citizens' Attitudes and Practices Towards Waste Reduction, Separation, and Recycling: A Systematic Review

A Konstantinidou, K Ioannou, G Tsantopoulos… - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
The aim of this systematic review is to analyze the attitudes and practices adopted by
citizens in waste reduction, separation, and recycling, taking into consideration specific …

Supporting decision making to achieve circularity via a biodegradable waste-to-bioenergy and compost facility

C Vlachokostas, C Achillas, V Diamantis… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bioproducts, such as energy and fertilizers, are strongly interrelated with the biodegradable
waste treatment processes, within a holistic management strategy. Although different forms …

[HTML][HTML] Leveraging public awareness and behavioural change for entrepreneurial waste management

E Etim - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
This article takes us into the world of municipal solid waste entrepreneurs, revealing how
public awareness campaigns and behavioural change efforts intertwine with entrepreneurial …

Smart cities and households' recyclable waste management: the case of Jeddah

K Saeedi, A Visvizi, D Alahmadi, A Babour - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Over the past 30 years, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has recorded rapid economic
growth and development rates matched by corresponding levels of consumption. This has …

Public acceptance of renewable energy sources

Z Gareiou, E Drimili, E Zervas - Low carbon energy technologies in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Renewable Energy Sources (RES), used to produce energy from natural
processes, are nowadays used to meet the ever-increasing energy requirements worldwide …

Pay-as-you-throw (PAYT) for municipal solid waste management in Greece: On public opinion and acceptance

C Emmanouil, K Papadopoulou, I Papamichael… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
As municipal solid waste increases on a global scale, local and national governments strive
for the implementation of efficient waste management systems in urban settings. The …

Application of the New Environmental Paradigm (NEP) scale in Greece

Z Gareiou, E Zervas - IOP Conference Series: Earth and …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Researchers from various fields have studied in recent years the environmental attitudes of
people and how environmental attitudes affect their behavior. There are several well …

Awareness of citizens for the single-use plastics: comparison between a high-income and an upper-middle-income economy of the Easter Mediterranean region …

Z Gareiou, C Chroni, K Kontoleon, M El Bachawati… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Plastics have become an integral part of daily human life for the last 50 years because, due
to their durability, low cost and ease of construction, they have replaced many other …

Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior to predict waste source separation

C Emmanouil, SΕ Chachami-Chalioti, GZ Kyzas… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Appropriate solid municipal waste management is an important topic in the EU. Abiding by
the amended EU Waste Framework Directive and the amended EU Landfill Directive …