Determinants and the Moderating Effect of Perceived Policy Effectiveness on Residents’ Separation Intention for Rural Household Solid Waste

Chuanhui Liao, Dingtao Zhao, Shuang Zhang and Lanfang Chen
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Chuanhui Liao: School of Economics and Management, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China
Dingtao Zhao: School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
Shuang Zhang: School of Economics and Management, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China
Lanfang Chen: School of Economics and Management, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China

IJERPH, 2018, vol. 15, issue 4, 1-17

Abstract: Currently, villages “besieged with garbage” have become a serious problem in rural areas of China. Separation of rural residential solid waste (RRSW) is one of the main strategies for waste reduction. Although previous studies have analyzed the social and psychological motivations of residents’ separation intention for municipal solid waste (MSW), little attention has been paid to the situation in rural areas. This paper investigates key factors influencing rural residents’ separation intention, as well as analyzing the moderating effects of perceived policy effectiveness on the relationship between the determinants and the intention, using survey data of 538 rural residents in the province of Sichuan in China. The results show that all the proposed key factors influence the separation intention significantly. Furthermore, the policies were divided into two types and the moderating effects were tested for each type. The results show that the perceived effectiveness of both the inducement policy and the capacity building policy moderated the relationship between attitude and separation intention positively, while the perceived effectiveness of the inducement policy moderated the relationship between subjective norms and intention negatively. The findings provide insightful information for policymakers to design effective RRSW separation policies.

Keywords: rural household solid waste; waste separation; extended theory of planned behavior; inducement policy; capacity building policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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