Date of Award

2010

Publisher

North Dakota State University

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Awarded

Master of Science (MS)

Program

Natural Resources Management

Department

Natural Resources Management

College

Agriculture, Food Systems and Natural Resources

Faculty Advisor

Goreham, Gary A.

Description

The purpose of this study was to determine how the social, economic, political, and administrative factors within a community influence the implementation of community-wide recycling programs. More specifically, this study examined how factors such as urban or rural character, population size, and public/private partnerships influence recycling decisions. The study explored the steps that could be taken to implement a community-wide recycling program and examined how factors such as the size ofthe community's population and its urban or rural nature influence decisions to implement community-wide recycling programs. A mixed methods approach, with a focus on interviews with recycling officials, was used to answer these questions. Twenty-eight themes in eleven categories were identified. These thematic categories included factors influencing the implementation of successful recycling programs, social factors, economic/financial factors, administrative factors, partnerships, costs, and community structure. These themes relate directly to factors that influence the implementation of a recycling program; as such these factors must be considered when implementing a community-wide recycling program. Additionally, they should be taken into consideration within communities that already have a community-wide recycling program.

Rights

NDSU policy 190.6.2

Rights Link

https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf

Handle Identifier

https://hdl.handle.net/10365/33739

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