Recycle more, waste more? When recycling efforts increase resource consumption
[ABSTRACT READ IN FULL via the Semantic Scholar graph API record for the DOI; full text not read] Ma, B., Li, X., Jiang, Z., & Jiang, J. (2019). 'Recycle more, waste more? When recycling efforts increase resource consumption.' Journal of Cleaner Production, 206, 870-877. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.09.063. IN THE FILE BECAUSE IT IS ROUTINELY MISCITED AS EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE AND IS NOT. In their words: 'we empirically examine the effects of recycling efforts on subsequent resource usage by analyzing the online survey data of 356 participants in China. Based on partial least squares-structural equation modeling, the results show that (1) recycling efforts have a positive effect on resource consumption, which suggests that engaging in recycling leads individuals to use significantly more resources in the future; (2) the positive effect of recycling efforts on resource consumption is mediated by environmental self-identity and feelings of pride; and (3) consideration of future consequences negatively moderates the effects of recycling efforts on environmental self-identity and on feelings of pride.' A cross-sectional online survey of 356 people with self-reported measures and a structural equation model cannot establish that recycling causes later consumption, and the article must describe it as what it is. The pride mediator is nonetheless the same affective story Sun and Trudel model.
[ABSTRACT READ IN FULL via the Semantic Scholar graph API record for the DOI; full text not read] Ma, B., Li, X., Jiang, Z., & Jiang, J. (2019). 'Recycle more, waste more? When recycling efforts increase resource consumption.' Journal of Cleaner Production, 206, 870-877. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.09.063. IN THE FILE BECAUSE IT IS ROUTINELY MISCITED AS EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE AND IS NOT. In their words: 'we empirically examine the effects of recycling efforts on subsequent resource usage by analyzing the online survey data of 356 participants in China. Based on partial least squares-structural equation modeling, the results show that (1) recycling efforts have a positive effect on resource consumption, which suggests that engaging in recycling leads individuals to use significantly more resources in the future; (2) the positive effect of recycling efforts on resource consumption is mediated by environmental self-identity and feelings of pride; and (3) consideration of future consequences negatively moderates the effects of recycling efforts on environmental self-identity and on feelings of pride.' A cross-sectional online survey of 356 people with self-reported measures and a structural equation model cannot establish that recycling causes later consumption, and the article must describe it as what it is. The pride mediator is nonetheless the same affective story Sun and Trudel model.
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Ma, B., Li, X., Jiang, Z., & Jiang, J. (2019). Recycle more, waste more? When recycling efforts increase resource consumption. Journal of Cleaner Production, 206, 870-877. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.09.063