Citizens' attitude to reuse of municipal solid waste: a practical application

The aim of this article is to analyze the opinion of the citizens of Gijon who use the services of a cleaning firm (EMULSA) about the possible impleme ntation of a more complex management of municipal solid waste in this city. We will study the citizens' views about environmental problems caused by m unicipal solid waste. We analyze different matters related to the functions of EMULSA and the citizens' attitudes to a separate collection of paper, c ardboard, glass and batteries. A main goal of this article is to study if t he knowledge about damage caused on the natural environment by municipal so lid waste and the availability of special containers influences citizen's a ttitudes. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.