Recycling as appropriate behavior: A review of survey data from selected recycling education programs

De Young, R., 1990. Recycling as appropriate behaviour: a review of survey data from selected recy-cling education programs in Michigan. Resour. Conserv. RecycL, 3: 253-266. Data from surveys conducted by six separate recycling education programs funded under the Clean Michigan Fund are compared. The findings indicate that a strong pro-recycling attitude xists among the populations sampled with a significant percentage ofrespondents planning to increase their level of recycling in the future. To aid this increase in participation these data suggest that education efforts should focus on helping people become more familiar with the details of how to recycle. And finally, these data support he idea that efforts to promote waste reduction and recycling behavior should focus on non-monetary motives