二手物品处理外文文献 Disposal and acquisition trends in second-hand products.pdf

Journal of Cleaner Production xxx (2016) 1 e9 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Cleaner Production journal homepage: /locate/jclepro Disposal and acquisition trends in second-hand products * Lorena M. Fortuna , Vasil Diyamandoglu Department of Civil Engineering, Grove School of Engineering, The City College of New York, 160 Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10031, USA a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Post-consumer products in waste streams, including durable and nondurable goods, represent a large Received 30 March 2016 portion of the municipal solid waste disposed of in landfills and incinerators in the United States. Product Received in revised form reuse is closely associated with waste prevention, and its promotion requires waste management policies 1 November 2016 that engage with household practices of disposal and acquisition of used goods. The aim of this study was Accepted 6 November 2016 Available online xxx to assess the disposal and acquisition practices of adults for selected second-hand products. A survey conducted using the Amazon Mechanical Turk online platform, aimed at understanding the preferred disposal routes selected when disposing of post-consumer products, as well as quantifying the distances Keywords: Product disposal traveled