Perspectives of Recycling and In-Home Recycling Centers

Abstract The purpose of this study was to identify the beliefs, attitudes, and behavioral intentions of architects, interior designers, and home builders in two states toward environmental factors regarding recycling, recycling behavior, and in-home recycling centers; as well as to compare the willingness of these groups to promote and incorporate in-home recycling centers into their designs. Architects, interior designers, and home builders were selected from the membership lists of the American Institute of Architects, American Society of Interior Designers, and National Association of Home Builders. Respondents completed a self-administered questionnaire in 2001. Descriptive statistics and chi-square analysis were used to analyze the responses. Findings revealed that Minnesota architects, interior designers, and home builders each had positive measures on the behavior of incorporating in-home recycling centers into their designs as well as positive measures on behavioral intentions and attitudes regarding the promotion of in-home recycling centers. Although the attitude measures were relatively high regarding environmental concern and in-home recycling centers, Oklahoma architects, interior designers, and home builders did not have positive measures regarding the behavior of incorporating in-home recycling centers into their designs or the preceding behavioral intentions of incorporating such centers into their designs.