10.2190/FXPM-UHC7-GXY6-JMJE FXPMUHC7GXY6JMJE 4 Effects of Verbal Prompting and Block Characteristics on Participation in Curbside Newspaper Recycling 45 57 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 FXPMUHC7GXY6JMJE.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=FXPMUHC7GXY6JMJE 1 Steve Spaccarelli Edwin Zolik Leonard A. Jason DePaul University, Chicago The effects of two prompting procedures to promote curbside recycling of newspapers were evaluated. Results indicated no effect on weekly percent participation after handbills alone, and modest increases after handbills plus verbal prompting. The findings also showed there were effects of block characteristics across groups. The presence of one or more recyclers prior to intervention was associated with significantly higher percentages of new participants when examining only blocks which also had block clubs. Also, the existence of a block club was associated with a significantly lower percentage of new participants after intervention, when looking only at blocks where there had been no participants prior to intervention. The implications of these findings are discussed. E. S. Geller, J. L. Chafee, and R. E. Ingram, Promoting Paper Recycling on a University Campus, <i>Journal of Environmental Systems, 5</i>, pp. 39-57, 1975. D. H. Reid, P. L. Luyben, R. J. Rawers, and J. S. Bailey, The Effects of Prompting and Proximity of Containers on Newspaper Recycling Behavior, <i>Environment and Behavior, 8</i>, pp. 471-483, 1976. H. E. Jacobs and J. S. Bailey, Development and Analysis of a Community-Based Resource Recovery Program, <i>Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 17</i>, pp. 127-145, 1984. E. S. Geller, Waste Reduction and Resource Recovery, in <i>Preserving the Environment</i>, E. S. Geller, R. A. Winett, and P. B. Everett (eds.), Pergamon Press, Inc., New York, 1982. J. M. Nielsen and B. L. Ellington, Social Processes and Resource Conservation: A Case Study in Low Technology Recycling, in <i>Environmental Psychology: Directions and Perspectives</i>, N. R. Feimer and E. S. Geller (eds.), Praeger Press, New York, 1983. R. H. Weigel, Ideological and Demographic Correlates of Proecology Behavior, <i>The Journal of Social Psychology, 103</i>, pp. 39-47, 1977. D. G. Unger and A. Wandersman, Neighboring and Its Role in Block Organizations: An Exploratory Report, <i>American Journal of Community Psychology, 11</i>, pp. 291-300, 1983.