IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/p/sek/iacpro/14216214.html
   My bibliography  Save this paper

Examination of Factors Related to the Recycling Intention of Mobile Phones by Undergraduates

Author

Listed:
  • Asl? Gül Öncel

    (Galatasaray University)

  • Michel Plaisent

    (University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM))

  • Cataldo Zuccaro

    (University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM))

  • Lili Zheng

    (Excelia Business School)

  • Prosper Bernard

    (University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM))

Abstract

In our study, we assessed the approaches of university students toward electronic waste by utilizing a questionnaire. To ensure a diverse sample, a solicitation email was distributed to 74 universities across Turkey, encompassing rural and urban settings, private and public institutions, as well as both small and large universities. This outreach spanned a month and included a link to a SurveyMonkey website for participants to submit their responses. From the 772 responses received, 700 were deemed valid. The survey findings reveal that participants' decisions regarding changing their mobile phones are not primarily driven by the need to keep up with technological advancements. Instead, they are influenced by practical considerations, such as the limitations of their current devices, the desire to maintain privacy, and a reluctance to recycle without exploring alternative ways to give their mobile phones a second life. Additionally, our results indicate that future environmental concerns are expected to play a more prominent role in their decision-making, despite varying levels of explicit knowledge about e-waste.

Suggested Citation

  • Asl? Gül Öncel & Michel Plaisent & Cataldo Zuccaro & Lili Zheng & Prosper Bernard, 0000. "Examination of Factors Related to the Recycling Intention of Mobile Phones by Undergraduates," Proceedings of International Academic Conferences 14216214, International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences.
    • Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:14216214
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/iises-international-academic-conference-vienna-142/table-of-content/detail?cid=142&iid=011&rid=16214
    File Function: First version, 0000
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Nordhaus, William, 2013. "Integrated Economic and Climate Modeling," Handbook of Computable General Equilibrium Modeling, in: Peter B. Dixon & Dale Jorgenson (ed.), Handbook of Computable General Equilibrium Modeling, edition 1, volume 1, chapter 0, pages 1069-1131, Elsevier.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. van den Bergh, J.C.J.M. & Botzen, W.J.W., 2015. "Monetary valuation of the social cost of CO2 emissions: A critical survey," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 114(C), pages 33-46.
    2. Stern, Nicholas, 2018. "Public economics as if time matters: Climate change and the dynamics of policy," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 162(C), pages 4-17.
    3. Otto Brøns-Petersen & Søren Havn Gjedsted, 2021. "Climate change and institutional change: what is the relative importance for economic performance?," Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, Springer;Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies - SEEPS, vol. 23(2), pages 333-360, April.
    4. Jüppner, Marcus & Martin, Anika & Radke-Arden, Lucas, 2024. "The effects of energy efficiency on GDP and GHG emissions in Germany," Technical Papers 03/2024, Deutsche Bundesbank.
    5. Dissou, Yazid & Karnizova, Lilia, 2016. "Emissions cap or emissions tax? A multi-sector business cycle analysis," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 79(C), pages 169-188.
    6. Insley, Margaret & A. Forsyth, Peter, 2019. "Climate games: Who’s on first? What’s on second?," L'Actualité Economique, Société Canadienne de Science Economique, vol. 95(2-3), pages 287-322, Juin-Sept.
    7. Philip D. Adams & Brian R. Parmenter & George Verikios, 2014. "An Emissions Trading Scheme for Australia: National and Regional Impacts," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 90(290), pages 316-344, September.
    8. Sigit Perdana & Rod Tyers, 2020. "Global Climate Change Mitigation: Strategic Incentives," The Energy Journal, , vol. 41(3), pages 183-206, May.
    9. John Hassler & Per Krusell & Conny Olovsson, 2018. "The Consequences of Uncertainty: Climate Sensitivity and Economic Sensitivity to the Climate," Annual Review of Economics, Annual Reviews, vol. 10(1), pages 189-205, August.
    10. Gissela Landa Rivera & Paul Malliet & Aurélien Saussay & Frédéric Reynès, 2018. "The State of Applied Environmental Macroeconomics," Revue de l'OFCE, Presses de Sciences-Po, vol. 0(3), pages 133-149.
    11. repec:hal:spmain:info:hdl:2441/3qbhmo3oe19bo8u5dc21qfic27 is not listed on IDEAS
    12. Ettore Gallo, 2024. "Reduction of CO2 Emissions, Climate Damage and the Persistence of Business Cycles: A Model of (De)coupling," Working Papers 2413, New School for Social Research, Department of Economics.
    13. Alice Lépissier & Matto Mildenberger, 2021. "Unilateral climate policies can substantially reduce national carbon pollution," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 166(3), pages 1-21, June.
    14. Valeria Costantini & Anil Markandya & Elena Paglialunga & Giorgia Sforna, 2018. "Impact and distribution of climatic damages: a methodological proposal with a dynamic CGE model applied to global climate negotiations," Economia Politica: Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics, Springer;Fondazione Edison, vol. 35(3), pages 809-843, December.
    15. Gaël Giraud & Paul Valcke, 2023. "Macrodynamics and climate: reformulation [Dynamique macro-économique et climat : une reformulation]," Post-Print hal-04872596, HAL.
    16. Gaël Giraud & Paul Valcke, 2023. "Macrodynamics and climate: reformulation," Oxford Open Economics, Oxford University Press, vol. 2, pages 518-523.
    17. Alex Schmitt, 2018. "Optimal Carbon Pricing and Income Taxation Without Commitment," ifo Working Paper Series 274, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich.
    18. Daiju Narita & Hans-Otto Poertner & Katrin Rehdanz, 2020. "Accounting for risk transitions of ocean ecosystems under climate change: an economic justification for more ambitious policy responses," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 162(1), pages 1-11, September.
    19. Arnaud Goussebaïle, 2022. "Democratic Climate Policies with Overlapping Generations," CER-ETH Economics working paper series 22/374, CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research (CER-ETH) at ETH Zurich.
    20. Rao, Akhil & Burgess, Matthew & Kaffine, Daniel, 2020. "Orbital-use fees could more than quadruple the value of the space industry," MPRA Paper 112708, University Library of Munich, Germany.

    More about this item

    Keywords

    Environment; Electronic waste; Recycling; Cellphone; Statistics.;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling
    • Q59 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Other
    • A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:14216214. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Klara Cermakova (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://iises.net/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.