Enkätundersökning om attityder gentemot källsortering bland invånarna i Kiruna centralort

• Main Author: Axiotou, Anna-Maria
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för naturgeografi 2017
• Subjects: Environmental Sciences; Miljövetenskap; Kiruna
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-144073

Recycling is one of the most significant action we can do to reduce the environmental impactof waste. More efficient use of natural resources and the reduced greenhouse gas emissions istwo major environmental benefits. The people that live on this planet have a key role inincreasing recycling by sorting their household waste. Therefore, residents must take aresponsibility for their consumption and the use of the planets resources. People's attitudes tosort waste is therefore essential for understand recycling behaviour and intensions. This study aims to examine waste recycling behaviour, with a focus on attitudes and factorsthat affect the recycling behaviour among residents in Kiruna, the northern most municipalityof Sweden. 97 inhabitants in the central part of Kiruna participated in the survey. It was foundthat lack of recycling stations and curbside collection were factors that affected people torecycle. The study also showed that the residents had a positive attitude to recycle because ofthe level of knowledge about the benefits of recycling. Keywords: Waste sorting, recycling, household waste, attitudes, factors, behaviour.