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creators_name: Wal, J. van der
title: The growing e-waste mountain: do citizen initiatives decrease it?
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full_text_status: public
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.
date: 2019
date_type: published
thesis_type: bachelor
degree_programme: TP
tutors_name: Zhao, Y.
keywords_local: Information application
keywords_local: Citizen initiatives
keywords_local: Recycling
keywords_local: E-waste
keywords_local: CSO
keywords_local: Willingness
language_iso: en
titleorder: Growing e-waste mountain: do citizen initiatives decrease it?
dbi: 5d52c239c6a41
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date_of_import: 2020-04-22
imported_from: http://scripties.frw.eldoc.ub.rug.nl/root/ba/TP/2019/jvanderwal/
import_source_file: theses-frw-20200422132455-5d52c239c6a41.xml
date_issued: 2019-01-01
citation:   Wal, J. van der  (2019) The growing e-waste mountain: do citizen initiatives decrease it?  Bachelor thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/1910/1/Assignment7_Joostvanderwal_s2940647.pdf