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Zeng J, Duan H, Zhou Z, Song J. Seeking information about waste-to-energy incineration projects: The role of objective knowledge and benefit perceptions in an extended PRISM. RISK ANALYSIS : AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SOCIETY FOR RISK ANALYSIS 2024. [PMID: 38356154 DOI: 10.1111/risa.14282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2023] [Revised: 01/26/2024] [Accepted: 01/31/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
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Although waste-to-energy (WtE) incineration projects have boosted the economic effectiveness of the waste management system, locals frequently view them with suspicion, opposition, or even outright rejection because of potential environmental and health risks. In this study, by incorporating two additional variables, namely, objective knowledge and benefit perceptions, the planned risk information seeking model (PRISM) was extended in the context of the WtE incineration project. A total of 1726 respondents were interviewed in person. Results from the structural equation modeling indicated that the extended PRISM achieved excellent fits, suggesting the generalizability of the model in these contexts. Objective knowledge and subjective knowledge have a positive and direct impact on perceived knowledge insufficiency. The impact of benefit and risk perceptions on worry is the opposite, with risk perceptions having a greater direct effect on worry. However, compared with risk perceptions, the direct effect that benefit perceptions have on perceived knowledge insufficiency is stronger. Additionally, perceived knowledge insufficiency partially or completely mediates the relationships between all antecedents, except perceived seeking control, and information-seeking intention. This study suggests that risk managers carefully consider how to establish powerful communication tactics to shape these antecedents when introducing a "not in my backyard" project to the local community.
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- Jing Zeng
- School of Economics and Management, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, Sichuan Province, China
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- School of Economics and Management, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, Sichuan Province, China
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- School of Economics and Management, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, Sichuan Province, China
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- School of Economics and Management, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, Sichuan Province, China
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Wu YW, Guo R, Sun LJ, Zhou XY, Zhou JL, Zhao HY, Yu YF, Hu Z, Hu B, Liu J, Zhang B, Zhao L, Lu Q. First principles insights into the interaction mechanism of iron doped thermally activated kaolinite with Cd and Pb pollutants in organic solid waste incineration flue gas. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2023; 171:365-374. [PMID: 37757615 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2023.09.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2023] [Revised: 09/19/2023] [Accepted: 09/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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Incineration of organic solid wastes is accompanied by the heavy metal emission through flue gas. As an inexpensive and efficient heavy metal adsorbent, the improvement of kaolinite adsorption performance for heavy metals has drawn widespread interests. In this work, the interaction mechanisms between various kaolinite surfaces and Cd/Pb species are explored through first principles calculations. The results show that the combination of Fe doping and dehydroxylation enhances the activity of kaolinite surfaces, analysis of adsorption configurations reveal that both Cd and Pb species are immobilized through chemisorption on the -H + Fe surface. At the microscopic level, further electronic structure analysis shows that the composite modified kaolinite surface has more electron transfer and more pronounced orbital hybridization and overlap compared to the original kaolinite surface, demonstrating that the modification means of dehydroxylation and Fe doping indeed enhanced the activity of the kaolinite surface, especially the activity of the O atoms in the vicinity of the Fe atom and that the O atoms are more efficiently bonded as ionic connecting Cd/Pb species for the purpose of trapping Cd/Pb species. This study points out the research direction and provides basic theoretical support for the development of new kaolinite adsorbents in the future.
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- Yang-Wen Wu
- National Engineering Research Center of New Energy Power Generation, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
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- National Engineering Research Center of New Energy Power Generation, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
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- Everbright Environmental Protection Technology & Equipment (Changzhou) Limited, Changzhou 213100, China
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- National Engineering Research Center of New Energy Power Generation, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
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- National Engineering Research Center of New Energy Power Generation, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
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- National Engineering Research Center of New Energy Power Generation, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
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- National Engineering Research Center of New Energy Power Generation, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
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- National Engineering Research Center of New Energy Power Generation, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
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- National Engineering Research Center of New Energy Power Generation, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
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- National Engineering Research Center of New Energy Power Generation, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
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- National Engineering Research Center of New Energy Power Generation, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
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- National Engineering Research Center of New Energy Power Generation, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
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- National Engineering Research Center of New Energy Power Generation, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China.
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Chen J, He X, Cui C, Xia B, Skitmore M, Liu Y. Effects of perceived stress on public acceptance of waste incineration projects: evidence from three cities in China. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:34952-34965. [PMID: 36525199 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-24701-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Accepted: 12/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Public acceptance is important for the provision of potentially hazardous facilities and may be affected by many factors such as perceived risk/benefit/stress/fairness and public trust. In this study, the underlying mechanism behind the influence of perceived stress on public acceptance of waste-to-energy (WTE) incinerators was explored by structural equation modeling of a face-to-face questionnaire survey of 1066 urban residents in three regional central cities in China. The results indicate that, firstly, the perceived stress of the laypeople has an impact on their acceptance by influencing risk/fairness they perceived and public trust. Secondly, the paths of influence of individual perceptions on acceptance differ between cities with different economic, cultural, and social characteristics. Perceived stress mainly affects public acceptance through perceived risk in the eastern residents while perceived stress mainly affects public acceptance through public trust in the western residents. The findings clarify the theoretical role of perceived stress in shaping laypeople's acceptance of potentially hazardous facilities which are of value for both governments and owners in siting potentially hazardous facilities.
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- Jiabin Chen
- School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, 928, No. 2 Street, Xiasha, Jianggan District, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, 928, No. 2 Street, Xiasha, Jianggan District, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, 928, No. 2 Street, Xiasha, Jianggan District, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Architecture and Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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- Faculty of Society and Design, Bond University, Robina, Australia
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- School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, 928, No. 2 Street, Xiasha, Jianggan District, Hangzhou, China.
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Meng Q, Pang N, Zhao S, Gao J. Two-stage optimal site selection for waste-to-energy plant using single-valued neutrosophic sets and geographic information system based multi-criteria decision-making approach: A case study of Beijing, China. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2023; 156:283-296. [PMID: 36195505 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2022.05.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2022] [Revised: 04/29/2022] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Waste-to-energy (WtE) plant has been attached great importance by more and more countries because of the harmless, energy reducing and recycling characteristics, and has become an important part of the city's normal operation and energy structure. Whereas, the reasonable site selection of the WtE plant is the key to ensure its sustainable development. This paper is designed to provide a two-stage model for the site selection of WtE plants. Firstly, a comprehensive assessment criteria system including environmental, economic, technical and social factors is established by selecting the reasonable influence criterias from the current relevant literature. Considering the fuzziness of the criteria and the bounded knowledge of decision makers, the single-valued neutrosophic sets (SVNSs) are introduced to describe the fuzzy information, andcreatively combined with decision-making and trial evaluation laboratory-analytical network process (DANP) method to determine the influence grades of criterias and calculate the weights. After that, the relevant geographic information layers are collected and the preliminary alternatives are obtained by Geographic information system (GIS) from an overall perspective, then the extend evaluation based on distance from average solution (EDAS) method is utilized to rank the alternatives under the SVNSs environment. Finally, the model is tested to select the optimal alternative for siting the WtE plants in Beijing as an example. It is verified that the model is of great stability and feasibility by sensitivity analysis and comparative analysis. The result shows that this paper can provide a new theoretical basis for the planning of WtE plants.
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- Qichen Meng
- School of Economics and Management, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of New Energy and Low-Carbon Development (North China Electric Power University), Changping, Beijing 102206, China.
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- School of Economics and Management, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of New Energy and Low-Carbon Development (North China Electric Power University), Changping, Beijing 102206, China
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- School of Economics and Management, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of New Energy and Low-Carbon Development (North China Electric Power University), Changping, Beijing 102206, China
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- School of Economics and Management, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of New Energy and Low-Carbon Development (North China Electric Power University), Changping, Beijing 102206, China
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Chen J, He X, Shen Y, Zhao Y, Cui C, Liu Y. Demographic differences in public acceptance of waste-to-energy incinerators in China: High perceived stress group vs. low perceived stress group. Front Psychol 2022; 13:948653. [DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.948653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Demographic characteristics have been recognized as an important factor affecting public acceptance of waste-to-energy (WTE) incineration facilities. The present study explores whether the differences in public acceptance of WTE incineration facilities caused by demographic characteristics are consistent in residential groups under different perceived stress using data collected by a large-scale questionnaire survey (1,066 samples) conducted in three second-tier cities in China. The result of data analysis using a T-test (one-way ANOVA) shows firstly that people with low perceived stress have higher public acceptance of WTE incineration facilities. Second, the differences in public acceptance of WTE incineration facilities caused by demographic characteristics (gender, educational attainment, and age) vary in residential groups with different perceived stress levels. The findings enrich the knowledge system related to demographic characteristics research on NIMBY infrastructure projects and provide the theoretical basis for the government to formulate more targeted policies about NIMBY infrastructure sitting.
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