利用公众意识和行为改变为企业废物管理提供动力
1School of Geography, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Heliyon
|November 18, 2024
概括
尼日利亚的城市固体废物企业家利用公众宣传活动来推动行为改变和商业创新. 教育公众和开发创意模型是将废物转化为循环经济的机会的关键.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 创业研究 创业研究
- 行为经济学是一种行为经济学.
背景情况:
- 城市固体废物管理在发展中经济体面临重大挑战.
- 企业家倡议正在成为废物转化创新解决方案.
- 公共意识和行为改变对于废物管理的成功至关重要,但往往被忽视的因素.
研究的目的:
- 探索尼日利亚市政固体废物部门的公众宣传活动,行为改变和企业家努力的交叉点.
- 了解企业家如何感知和利用公众意识来促进废物管理创新和社区参与.
- 检查意识作为可持续废物管理实践的基础基础设施的作用.
主要方法:
- 定性研究方法.
- 与尼日利亚四个地缘政治区域的11个城市固体废物企业家进行半结构面试.
- 采访了拉各斯州废物管理局的一名高级管理人员.
- 以计划行为理论为指导的分析.
主要成果:
- 企业家认为,提高公众意识对于塑造废物管理行为和推动商业创新至关重要.
- 一个共同的主题突出了公众对负责任的废物处理实践的教育以及创造性的商业模式的需要.
- "freemium-to-premium"的产品被认为是克服心理障碍和增加参与率的战略.
- 宣传活动被视为企业家增长和更循环经济的催化剂.
结论:
- 提高公众意识不仅仅是知识的传播;它作为有效的废物管理的基本基础设施.
- 意识是环境行动的基本驱动力,使企业成功和可持续实践成为可能.
- 将公众意识纳入商业战略对于推进废物管理和促进循环经济至关重要.
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