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Finnie, William C. – Environment and Behavior, 1973
A series of urban and highway litter experiments in Richmond (Virginia), St. Louis, and Philadelphia indicated well-designed litter cans reduced littering about 15 percent along city streets and nearly 30 percent along highways. Also, the propensity to litter is critically affected by the characteristics of the individual and environmental…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Ecology, Environmental Influences, Pollution
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Crump, S. Larry; And Others – Environment and Behavior, 1977
The effects of littered and nonlittered areas on littering behavior were determined in picnic areas in the Uinta National Forest, Utah. Littered and nonlittered conditions were controlled by spreading or removing litter from specified areas. Observations revealed that in the nonlittered areas there was more litter than in the littered areas. (CS)
Descriptors: Behavior, Environmental Education, Environmental Research, Forestry
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McNees, M. Patrick; And Others – Environment and Behavior, 1979
Describes a community litter control program. Special adhesive stickers were randomly placed on existing litter throughout a community and youth were rewarded with special prizes for participating in the program. Litter was reduced 32 percent across the city. (Author/MA)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Citizenship Responsibility, Conservation (Environment), Ecology
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Casey, LaDeane; Lloyd, Margaret – Environment and Behavior, 1977
Children were offered complimentary tickets for amusement park rides contingent upon collection of bags of litter in the park. Cost and effect analysis showed that this particular reinforcement program for litter removal was approximately two-and-one-half times as effective at about the same cost as traditional salaried maintenance. (Author/MA)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, Cost Effectiveness