School of Economics and Finance, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Dec 29;19(1):338. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010338.
In 2017, the Chinese government created a policy on mandatory waste separation. Many communities and cities have created waste management institutions and appointed workers to supervise these actions. But there is little information about the situation in terms of the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of waste separation and any differences among regions and cities. Thus, the goal of this paper is to show the current status quo and any differences and to analyze their determinants, especially regarding cultural consumption. Based on online survey data collected in 2021, we found that knowledge in rural regions was lower than in urban regions, but there was no difference in attitudes or practices; the practices in pilot cities were better than in non-pilot cities, but the knowledge and attitudes showed no differences. Different cultural consumption patterns had different impacts on waste separation knowledge, attitudes, and practices. Based on the results, a policy related to culture should be enacted to improve efficiency and increase the action impacts to solve environmental and social issues.
2017 年，中国政府制定了强制性垃圾分类政策。许多社区和城市都设立了废物管理机构，并任命工作人员来监督这些行动。但是，关于垃圾分类的知识、态度和实践，以及各地区和城市之间的差异，信息很少。因此，本文的目的是展示当前的现状和差异，并分析其决定因素，特别是关于文化消费。基于 2021 年在线调查数据，我们发现农村地区的知识水平低于城市地区，但态度或实践方面没有差异；试点城市的实践要好于非试点城市，但知识和态度方面没有差异。不同的文化消费模式对垃圾分类的知识、态度和实践有不同的影响。根据研究结果，应该制定与文化相关的政策，以提高效率，增加行动的影响，从而解决环境和社会问题。
