| dc.contributor.author | Fier, Brian James | |
| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to determine how the social, economic, political,
and administrative factors within a community influence the implementation of
community-wide recycling programs. More specifically, this study examined how factors
such as urban or rural character, population size, and public/private partnerships
influence recycling decisions. The study explored the steps that could be taken to
implement a community-wide recycling program and examined how factors such as the
size ofthe community's population and its urban or rural nature influence decisions to
implement community-wide recycling programs. A mixed methods approach, with a
focus on interviews with recycling officials, was used to answer these questions.
Twenty-eight themes in eleven categories were identified. These thematic
categories included factors influencing the implementation of successful recycling
programs, social factors, economic/financial factors, administrative factors, partnerships,
costs, and community structure. These themes relate directly to factors that influence the
implementation of a recycling program; as such these factors must be considered when
implementing a community-wide recycling program. Additionally, they should be taken
into consideration within communities that already have a community-wide recycling
program. | en_US |
| dc.publisher | North Dakota State University | en_US |
| dc.rights | NDSU policy 190.6.2 | en_US |
| dc.title | Factors Influencing the Implementation of Community-Wide Recycling Programs | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-16T18:36:45Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-03-16T18:36:45Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10365/33739 | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Recycling (Waste, etc.) -- North Dakota -- Cass County -- Planning. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Recycling (Waste, etc.) -- North Dakota -- Grand Forks County -- Planning. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Recycling (Waste, etc.) -- Minnesota -- Clay County -- Planning. | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf | en_US |
| ndsu.degree | Master of Science (MS) | en_US |
| ndsu.college | Agriculture, Food Systems and Natural Resources | en_US |
| ndsu.department | Natural Resources Management | en_US |
| ndsu.program | Natural Resources Management | en_US |
| ndsu.advisor | Goreham, Gary A. | |
