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Understanding recycling behavior in Kentucky: Who recycles and why

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Recycling behavior and the motivations behind recycling are being analyzed in a collaborative study between the Sloan Industry Center for a Sustainable Aluminum Industry, the Center for Aluminum Technology, Secat, and the Gatton College of Business and Economics at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. The goals of this study are to determine why people recycle and to find ways to motivate people to recycle more, using Fayette County, Kentucky, as a sample study. It is hoped that the information gathered through educational and motivational efforts in this county can be used on a larger scale in communities throughout the United States.

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  1. University of Kentucky, Kentucky, USA

    Fred W. Morgan (Ashland Professor of Markening) & Margaret V. Hughes (doctoral candidate in management)

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Morgan, F.W., Hughes, M.V. Understanding recycling behavior in Kentucky: Who recycles and why. JOM 58, 32–35 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-006-0050-8

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