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. 1971 Summer;4(2):71–75. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1971.4-71

An experimental analysis of anti-litter procedures1

Robert L Burgess 1, Roger N Clark 1, John C Hendee 1,2
PMCID: PMC1310674  PMID: 16795289

Abstract

This study evaluates the differential effectiveness of six different anti-litter procedures in two neighborhood theaters. The procedures used to encourage individuals in attendance to pick up litter and deposit it properly included: providing litterbags, providing litterbags with instructions to use them, providing extra trash cans, showing a special anti-litter film before the feature film, and providing incentives for the appropriate deposit of litter. In both theaters, the incentive procedures resulted in the removal of over 90% of all litter by the children in attendance, a figure far above that achieved by the other procedures investigated.

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