Biodonostia Health Research Institute, Group of Environmental Epidemiology and Child Development, Paseo Doctor Begiristain s/n, 20014, San Sebastian, Spain.
Biodonostia Health Research Institute, Group of Environmental Epidemiology and Child Development, Paseo Doctor Begiristain s/n, 20014, San Sebastian, Spain; Department of Health of the Basque Government, Subdirectorate of Public Health of Gipuzkoa, Avenida Navarra 4, 20013, San Sebastian, Spain; Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, C/Monforte de Lemos 3-5, 28029, Madrid, Spain.
Environ Pollut. 2020 Aug;263(Pt A):114504. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114504. Epub 2020 Apr 3.
Municipal waste incineration plants (MWIPs) are a source of emission of diverse pollutants that have been associated with environmental and health effects, mainly in relation to premises that are old and not well equipped or maintained. As a result, the public usually holds a negative view of such plants and tends to react adversely to construction of new plants. Understanding a population's perceptions is key to ensuring the correct development of such infrastructure and adequately managing population health concerns and behaviours. In this study, we surveyed 173 residents living close (≤ 10 km) to an MWIP being built in San Sebastian (Gipuzkoa, Spain) and 164 living further away (>10 km). The questionnaire included sociodemographic and psycho-environmental measures. Answers to the questionnaire revealed a fairly low acceptance rate and the perception of a high risk for human health and the environment (average scores of 0.57, 3.07 and 2.89 respectively in a 0 to 4 scale), with no statistically significant differences between people living nearby and further afield. A hierarchical regression model built to explore the public's acceptance of the MWIP explained 59% of the variance. Dominance and relative weight analyses revealed that the most important predictors of acceptance were trust in the information provided by the local government and perceived risk for human health, which accounted for 33.7% and 27.4% of the variance explained by the model respectively. Preference for landfilling and MWIP acceptance in a farther location made a less relevant contribution.
城市垃圾焚烧厂（MWIP）是排放多种污染物的源头，这些污染物与环境和健康影响有关，主要与陈旧、设备不佳或维护不善的场所有关。因此，公众通常对这些工厂持有负面看法，并对新工厂的建设反应不佳。了解公众的看法是确保此类基础设施正确发展并充分管理公众健康问题和行为的关键。在这项研究中，我们调查了居住在西班牙吉普斯夸省圣塞瓦斯蒂安（San Sebastian）正在建设的 MWIP 附近（≤10 公里）的 173 名居民和居住在更远地方（>10 公里）的 164 名居民。问卷包括社会人口和心理环境措施。对问卷的回答显示，接受率相当低，并且认为对人类健康和环境的风险很高（在 0 到 4 的范围内分别为 0.57、3.07 和 2.89），居住在附近和更远地方的人之间没有统计学上的显著差异。为探索公众对 MWIP 的接受程度而构建的层次回归模型解释了 59%的方差。优势和相对权重分析表明，接受度的最重要预测因素是对当地政府提供的信息的信任和对人类健康的感知风险，分别占模型解释方差的 33.7%和 27.4%。对土地填埋的偏好和更远地方的 MWIP 接受度的贡献较小。
