Motivating actions to mitigate plastic pollution

Lili Jia; Steve Evans; Sander van der Linden

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12666-9

Motivating actions to mitigate plastic pollution

Nat Commun. 2019 Oct 8;10(1):4582. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-12666-9.

Authors

Lili Jia¹, Steve Evans², Sander van der Linden³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0FS, UK.
² Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0FS, UK. se321@cam.ac.uk.
³ Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EB, UK.

Abstract

Designing effective policy interventions to motivate mitigation actions requires more realistic assumptions about human decision-making based on empirical evidence from the behavioural sciences. We therefore need to consider behavioural rather than only economic costs and benefits in policy intervention designs.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Behavior Control*
Environmental Policy / legislation & jurisprudence
Environmental Pollutants*
Environmental Pollution / prevention & control*
Motivation*
Plastics*
Recycling
Solid Waste

Substances

Environmental Pollutants
Plastics
Solid Waste