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Litter is a global issue that pollutes water, air, and land, and has esthetic and environmental repercussions. Therefore, this study utilized the value -belief -norm (VBN) theory to analyze residents' preventing littering behavior in Ghana. This study employed a random sampling approach and used an online survey to gather quantitative data from 511 participants. Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to analyze the data. The results show that the "biospheric value," "altruistic value," and "egoistic value" had substantial beneficial effects on the new environmental paradigm. The findings revealed that the new environmental paradigm increased awareness of consequences, which strongly enabled the ascription of responsibility to address environmental concerns. Personal norms influenced residents' preventing littering behavior. The study also discovered that the ascription of responsibility and new environmental paradigms promote residents' preventing littering behavior indirectly through personal norms and awareness of consequences. The study found that awareness of consequences moderates the association between personal norms and residents' preventing littering behavior. These findings provide new insights for litter prevention policymakers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The increasing demand for local anaerobic waste-to-energy projects triggered by citizens' environmental consciousness has forced communities, practitioners, and academicians worldwide to prioritize this subject. This research extends the theory of planned behavior (TPB) model with egoistic value. This study assessed residents' willingness to accept energy from food waste via anaerobic digestion (AD) projects. This study compares the new research framework with the original TPB framework. Using 408 questionnaires from Chinese residents in Jiangsu Province, hypothetical statements were assessed using a covariance-based structural equation model (CB-SEM). Egoistic values influenced all TPB constructs. The study found that TPB constructs mediated the association between egoistic value and residents' willingness to accept energy from food waste through AD projects. The findings suggest that the actual research framework can better explain outcomes than the original TPB model. This shows that the actual framework is more effective in understanding residents' willingness to accept energy from food waste through AD projects. Policymakers and investors should communicate the health benefits of energy from food waste via anaerobic digestion schemes to citizens. Also, the policymakers or experts should focus on egoistic values or the health benefits of the citizens before they hurry to uptake the projects. • The study assessed residents' willingness to accept energy from local anaerobic digestion projects. • The partial least square-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was used for the study. • The explanatory ability of the current research model is better than the original TPB model. • Egoistic values influenced TPB towards citizens' willingness to accept energy from the project. • Egoistic values positively influence citizens' willingness to pay for energy from the project. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Public electric bus (PEB) usage remains critical in reducing carbon emissions, traffic congestion, energy consumption, resource exhaustion, and environmental pollution. PEB usage revolves around consumer acceptance, and assessing the psychological factors accounting for using PEBs is essential in mitigating these challenges for a sustainable environment. The study extends the reasoned action theory (TRA) with environmental awareness, convenience, and personal norms in investigating residents' intention to use electric buses in Nanjing, China. 405 responses were gathered through an online survey and evaluated using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Statistical analysis showed that the structural model (66.4%) explained public electric bus use better than the original TRA model (20.7%). Attitude, subjective norms, personal norms, environmental awareness, and convenience directly influenced the intention to use PEBs. Personal norms related to attitude positively. Environmental awareness related to personal norms in PEB use. Subjective norms partially mediated the impact of personal norms on the intention to use PEBs. Convenience moderated the interaction between personal norms and intention to use PEBs. Respondents differed in income level, educational level, and employment but not gender in their inclinations to use PEBs. The current study recommends potent policy implications to enhance and ensure the maximum use of PEBs. • TRA is extended to investigate public electric bus (PEB) usage intention. • All constructs influenced the intention to use PEBs directly. • Attitude mediated environmental awareness towards PEB usage intention. • Convenience moderated personal norms and intention to use PEBs. • ANOVA analysis of respondents is examined. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Recycling has emerged as a critical global environmental and economic issue. Recycling helps achieve primary sustainability goals, including better waste management and climate change mitigation. This study tackles the research gap on how place identity and natural bonding affect recycling decision-making. The research investigates citizens' recycling intention by incorporating place identity and natural bonding into an extended norm activation model (NAM). The study proposes that openness to change, awareness of consequences, environmental concern, personal norms, and attitudes are responsible for place identity and natural bonding's indirect effect on citizens' recycling intention. Based on 815 survey responses, hypothetical claims were examined using partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). The results revealed that place identity and natural bonding indirectly affect citizens' recycling intention through personal norms, awareness of consequences, and attitudes. Place identity also indirectly affects citizens' recycling intention, mediated by openness to change and environmental concern. The expanded NAM helps comprehend place identity and natural bonding's role in citizens' recycling intention. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]