Can Airport and Social Waste Reduction Measures Have a Synergistic Impact on Passenger Behavior?

Xinrui Guo, Yifan Gu (), Yufeng Wu (), Chunhua Kang, Yingjia Wang and Tieyong Zuo
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Xinrui Guo: Institute of Circular Economy, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
Yifan Gu: Institute of Circular Economy, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
Yufeng Wu: Institute of Circular Economy, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
Chunhua Kang: International Affairs and Science Technology Department, Beijing Daxing International Airport, Beijing 102604, China
Yingjia Wang: International Affairs and Science Technology Department, Beijing Daxing International Airport, Beijing 102604, China
Tieyong Zuo: Institute of Circular Economy, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 18, 1-19

Abstract: As an integral part of urban functions, waste reduction behaviors inside the airport and outside in society form a linkage mechanism that influences each other, but the coupling mechanism between the two is not clear. In this study, we constructed a model of the interaction between airport and social waste reduction behaviors and explored the effects of internal airport factors and external social factors on airport waste reduction behaviors. The results show that both internal and external factors have a significant positive effect on passengers’ behavior, with publicity and education, social norms, and laws and regulations having a greater effect. Airport internal factors (such as internal facilities, publicity and education and environmental stimulus) and social external factors (such as social norms and laws and regulations) can form a better positive feedback mechanism for waste reduction, and path coefficients for both interactions exceed 0.7. Airport publicity and education can directly improve passengers’ waste reduction behaviors, and better promote the continuation of these behaviors in society. It is recommended connecting the publicity and education activities between airports and society. The social external factors are more likely to affect the behavior of airport management, and it is recommended that the design of airport management should be made more effective in developing countries that have weaker awareness of and worse social attitudes towards for waste reduction.

Keywords: waste reduction behaviors; waste management; influencing factors; interactive correlation; coupling analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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