THE IMPORTANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ON ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS FOR HOUSEHOLD WASTE MANAGEMENT IN BLACK SEA REGION, TURKEY

Abstract

Four waste management concepts as waste reduction, reuse, recycling and best available technology were evaluated with the use of the surveys including of these subjects. It was assumed that environmental values, situational and social characteristics, and psychological factors all play a significant role in the prediction of waste management behavior, within the context of a core intention-behavior relationship. This study was tested on municipal solid waste management survey of the Black Sea Region of Turkey. It was found that the predictors of reduction, reuse, recycling and best available technology behavior differed significantly, with reduction and reuse being predicted by underlying environmental values, knowledge, and concern-based variables. It was determined that the best practices below-average interest in techniques. Recycling behavior was, in contrast, characterized as highly normative behavior.