Recycle more, waste more? When recycling efforts increase resource consumption

• Published in: Journal of cleaner production Vol. 206; pp. 870 - 877
• Main Authors: Ma, Baolong, Li, Xiaofei, Jiang, Zhongjun, Jiang, Jiefan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2019
• Subjects: China; Consideration of future consequences; Environmental self-identity; equations; lifestyle; Recycling; Resource consumption; surveys; China; Resource consumption; Recycling; Environmental self-identity; Consideration of future consequences

Governments spend significant amounts of money to promote recycling lifestyles to the public; however, they cannot maximize the beneficial effects of recycling without avoiding its potential negative consequences. In this research, we empirically examine the effects of recycling efforts on subsequen...