Understanding the success of the ABC’s War on Waste is a lesson in behavioural psychology. Research reveals five ways to guide other entertainment-education interventions to similar success.
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The new ban will raise awareness about the plastic crisis. But failing to provide viable alternatives may simply displace the problem, instead of addressing it
In places where reusable cups are allowed, coffee drinkers, cafe owners and local governments can use insights from behavioural science to discourage use of throwaway cups.
Pandemic precautions have given new life to disposable plastic products, which the industry claims are more ‘hygienic’ than reusables. But critics say there’s no scientific evidence this is so.
Recently washed cups could be safer than single-use containers that could have been sitting around for ages.
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Senior Lecturer, Sustainable Design Theory, University of South Australia
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Professor of Accounting, University of South Australia
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Professor of Global Environmental Politics, University of California, Berkeley
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Principal Lecturer, Microbiology and Biomedical Science Practice, Fellow of the Institute of Biomedical Science, University of Brighton
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PhD Candidate in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley
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Lead Researcher - Global Plastics Policy Centre, University of Portsmouth
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