Determinants of residents’ e-waste recycling behaviour intentions: Evidence from China

This research analyses the factors influencing residents’ e-waste recycling behaviour intentions and focuses on the effect of residents’ Perceptions of informal recycling on their recycling behaviour intentions. For this purpose, we have developed a reliable scale, and investigated Chinese residents from China's seven geographic regions and 22 provinces. Based on the theory of planned behaviour (TPB), we used a structural equation model to analyse the factors affecting resident e-waste recycling behaviour intentions. The results showed that the key influencing factors were: Environmental awareness, Attitude towards recycling, Perceptions of informal recycling, Income and Costs of recycling, and Norms and publicity which indirectly affected resident behaviour intentions towards e-waste recycling by way of the intervening variable Perceptions of informal recycling: Norms and publicity has a positive impact on Perceptions of informal recycling. Finally, based on the above findings, the paper puts forward some policy proposals.