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Waste Management & Research, Vol. 25, No. 6, 510-516 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X07082030

Strategies for improving recycling behaviour within the Cornwall National Health Service (NHS) in the UK

Terry L. Tudor

SITA Centre for Sustainable Wastes Management, Park Campus, University of Northampton, Boughton Green Road, Northampton, NN2 7AL, UK, terry.tudor{at}northampton.ac.uk

Stewart W. Barr

The Department of Geography, Archaeology and Earth Resources, University of Exeter, EX4 4RJ, UK

Andrew W. Gilg

The Department of Geography, Archaeology and Earth Resources, University of Exeter, EX4 4RJ, UK

This paper examines strategies for improving recycling behaviour within the Cornwall National Health Service (NHS). Using quantitative (questionnaires and waste bin analyses) and qualitative (ethnography and interviews) methodologies, the study examined the waste management practices of staff from the Cornwall NHS. It was found that employee participation in waste recycling at work was low due to a range of factors including NHS focus and policies, group norms, and individual attitudes and beliefs about sustainable waste management. Recommendations for improving the sustainability of NHS, employee waste management practices, with a specific focus on recycling are included in the paper. These recommendations include measures focused towards both the NHS organization and individual staff members.

Key Words: Sustainable waste management • healthcare waste minimization • medical waste • Cornwall • National Health Service • recycling • triangulation • organizational behaviour • wmr 1081—2


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