The effect of local consensus and group integration on rural residents’ household waste classification and disposal behavior

Abstract

[Objective] Promoting waste classification is an important means to solve the problem of rural household waste management. This study aimed to explain the effect of local consensus and group integration on rural residents’ household waste classification and disposal behavior, in order to clarify the important role of informal institutions in promoting the classification of rural household waste. [Methods] Based on the data of 1307 micro-samples in Inner Mongolia, this study used the Probit, IV-Probit, and mediation effect model to explore the impact of local consensus and group integration on the rural residents’ household waste classification and disposal behavior. [Results] The results of this research show that local consensus and group integration have a significant positive impact on household waste classification and disposal behavior; However, the direct impact of local consensus is not significant, and group integration has played an mediation role in the impact of local consensus on household waste classification and disposal behavior; Rural residents with dominant surnames are more likely to be influenced by local consensus and tend to carry out household waste classification and disposal. [Conclusion] Based on these results, this article suggested that the positive role of local consensus should be paid attention to, and efforts should be made to improve the identification and integration of rural residents with villages. Various measures should be taken according to the characteristics of different groups to encourage rural residents to actively carry out household waste classification and disposal.

Keywords

• |local consensus|group integration|rural residents|household waste classification|iv-probit|mediation effect|inner mongolia