DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2018.07.006
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85049583384
论文题名: What do consumers think about recycling human urine as fertiliser? Perceptions and attitudes of a university community in South India
作者: Simha P. ; Lalander C. ; Ramanathan A. ; Vijayalakshmi C. ; McConville J.R. ; Vinnerås B. ; Ganesapillai M.
刊名: Water Research
ISSN: 431354
出版年: 2018
卷: 143 起始页码: 527
结束页码: 538
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Ecological sanitation
; New ecological paradigm
; Source separation
; Survey
; Theory of planned behaviour
; Wastewater
Scopus关键词: Behavioral research
; Ecology
; Environmental technology
; Fertilizers
; Health risks
; Recycling
; Sanitation
; Source separation
; Surveying
; Surveys
; Sustainable development
; Wastewater
; Ecological sanitation
; Environmental attitudes
; Environmental sensitivities
; Environmental sustainability
; Environmentally-friendly technology
; New ecological paradigm
; Theory of planned behaviour
; Wastewater management
; Body fluids
; health risk
; paradigm shift
; perception
; public attitude
; questionnaire survey
; recycling
; sanitation
; university sector
; urine
; wastewater
; wastewater treatment
; willingness to pay
; adolescent
; adult
; Article
; consumer attitude
; female
; food intake
; health hazard
; human
; India
; Indian
; male
; perception
; priority journal
; recycling
; Theory of Planned Behavior
; urine
; urine recycling
; India
英文摘要: Sanitation systems based on source separation and valorisation of human urine can improve the environmental sustainability of wastewater management. Yet, the social acceptability of such new, resource-oriented sanitation practices have not been assessed systematically. We attempt to address this research gap by reporting the findings of a survey conducted at a South Indian university that evaluated support for urine recycling among 1252 Indian consumers. We place our findings in the context of the Theory of Planned Behaviour, quantify consumer attitude to urine recycling through an exploratory numerical approach, and identify explanatory factors that shape consumer beliefs and perceptions. Overall, a moderately positive attitude was observed: 68% stated human urine should not be disposed but recycled, 55% considered it as fertiliser, but only 44% would consume food grown using it. While 65% believed using urine as crop fertiliser could pose a health risk, majority (80%) believed it could be treated so as to not pose a risk. The respondents’ ‘willingness to consume’ urine-fertilised food was found to be strongly influenced by their willingness to pay. Consumer environmental attitudes, as evaluated using the New Ecological Paradigm scale, did not influence their attitude towards urine recycling behaviour. We thus believe that simply appealing to people's environmental sensitivities is not enough for introducing environmentally-friendly technologies like urine recycling, but that more targeted marketing messages are needed. We find sufficient support among our surveyed consumers for urine recycling but highlight that further research is needed to identify what information and agency will help translate positive attitudes into action and behaviour. © 2018 The Authors Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/112568
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作者单位: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Energy and Technology, Box 7032, Uppsala, SE-750 07, Sweden; Mass Transfer Group, Department of Chemical Engineering, VIT University, Vellore, 632 014, India; Department of Mathematics, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT University, Chennai, 600 127, India
Recommended Citation:
Simha P.,Lalander C.,Ramanathan A.,et al. What do consumers think about recycling human urine as fertiliser? Perceptions and attitudes of a university community in South India[J]. Water Research,2018-01-01,143