Wal, J. van der (2019) The growing e-waste mountain: do citizen initiatives decrease it? Bachelor thesis.
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Abstract
This research investigated the application of information by citizen initiatives to address the willingness of young adults in the Netherlands to recycle small e-waste and the results of their strategy. Interviews with E-waste race/arcade, Stichting Aap, and Recycleplan were conducted as well as interviews with 5 individual young adults. The most important findings are that applying information increases the awareness of young adults in the Netherlands, but information does not necessarily lead to an increased willingness to recycle small e-waste. Other factors, such as convenience and sustainability play also a role. Moreover, citizen initiatives are closer to the citizens but are also aiming at making money, which could cause selfish decisions. To overcome the issue of making selfish decisions, citizen initiatives could make their strategy and the results of their strategy more transparent.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Degree programme: | Spatial Planning and Design |
| Supervisor: | Zhao, Y. |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Apr 2020 05:33 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Apr 2020 05:33 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1910 |
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