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Using Delays to Decrease Paper Consumption in Food Service and Laboratory Settings.
- Source :
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Psychological Record . Jun2019, Vol. 69 Issue 2, p215-223. 9p. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Recent research has indicated high economic and environmental costs of human paper usage. Technologies have been developed to reduce consumers' paper use behavior, including mechanical dispensers that institute a delay between opportunities to obtain each consecutive unit. However, there is no empirical evidence that these dispensers or delays reduce paper use. In Experiment 1, implementing a delay between paper-unit deliveries using mechanical dispensers in a university café resulted in a significant decrease in units per person, material per person, and cost per person, compared to free-access dispensers. In Experiment 2, a relatively long delay was more effective than a short delay in reducing paper consumption in a laboratory experiment using mechanical dispensers. These results indicate that delays could be used to decrease paper use in many contexts on a larger scale. More research is necessary to determine the underlying behavioral mechanisms responsible for the observed reduction and the cost–benefit relationship under different circumstances. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *FOOD consumption
*FOOD service
*ENVIRONMENTAL economics
*LABORATORIES
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00332933
- Volume :
- 69
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Psychological Record
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 136586124
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s40732-019-00335-8