Separate Waste Collection: Institutional Problems of Developing Pro-ecological Practices in Everyday Life

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14515/monitoring.2023.3.2149

Keywords:

municipal waste, separate waste collection, pro-ecological behavior, social institutions, everyday practices, material and technological environment, housing policy

Abstract

Studies of the problem of separate waste collection in the discourse of pro-ecological behavior of apartment building residents are becoming increasingly popular every year among Russian scholars representing various fields of science (sociology, psychology, economics, etc.) and approaches. The purpose of this study, based on ideas about the interaction of the material and the technological and institutional environment of society, is to reflect the unwillingness of the Russian population to the so-called waste reform due to various circumstances. Using the example of a comparative analysis of research results in the cities of Moscow, Novosibirsk and Kazan, taking into account the available secondary data, the most significant obstacles in implementing a new vector of housing policy in Russia are shown. The authors note that the peculiarities of urban infrastructure, the lack of free time and space in the dwelling (apartment) itself, the lack of incentives and insufficient awareness of residents may hinder the implementation of waste reform. The unavailability of the material and technological environment for the new social institution of separate waste collection and its inconsistency with already established everyday practices will not contribute to the establishment of formal rules.

Author Biographies

Denis B. Litvintsev, Novosibirsk State Technical University

  • Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk, Russia
    •  Cand. Sci. (Soc.), Associate Professor at the Department of Management
  • Novosibirsk State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (Sibstrin), Novosibirsk, Russia
    • Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, Management, Sociology and Pedagogy

Nadezhda V. Abramova, National Research Moscow State University of Civil Engineering

  • National Research Moscow State University of Civil Engineering, Moscow, Russia 
    • Cand. Sci. (Soc.), Associate Professor at the Department of Social, Psychological and Legal Communications

Dmitry S. Romanov, Kazan State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering

  • Kazan State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Kazan, Russia
    • Senior Lecturer at the Department of Municipal Management
  • Association “Regional Center for Public Control in the Sphere of Housing and Communal Services of the Republic of Tatarstan”, Kazan, Russia
    • Executive Director 

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Published

2023-07-07

How to Cite

Litvintsev, D. B., Abramova, N. V., & Romanov, D. S. (2023). Separate Waste Collection: Institutional Problems of Developing Pro-ecological Practices in Everyday Life. Monitoring of Public Opinion: Economic and Social Changes, (3). https://doi.org/10.14515/monitoring.2023.3.2149

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URBAN SOCIOLOGY