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Exploring Monetary Incentives for Reusable Containers Amongst UBC Students

University of British Columbia. Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability; University of British Columbia. Alma Mater Society; University of British Columbia. Campus and Community Planning

The research aimed to address whether a change in the monetary rewards in the current Green2Go program would be beneficial. Through the use of an online survey and a between subjects design, the most effective program for increasing the usage of reusable containers of UBC students was investigated. We hypothesised that monetary incentive programs such as a rewards or points-system will incentivise and increase the potential usage relative to the current reusable campus wide container program at UBC. Using three different surveys containing three different monetary incentives, willingness and satisfaction of the different monetary programs was measured. Based on a one-way between subjects ANOVA test, UBC students are most willing to participate and most satisfied with the rewards program compared to other conditions. The current results of this study support the research hypothesis. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”

Report

eng

2021-06-14

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

http://hdl.handle.net/2429/78641

Unreviewed

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/