This article provides an overview of past research on household waste management, particularly research that pertains to recycling and to green buying. The authors discuss social marketing principles and make suggestions as to how past research might be applied toward increasing recycling behavior in communities. They also discuss traditional marketing strategy and tactics in the context of selling products based on pro-environmental positionings or attributes, and make suggestions of how past research on green buying can be applied to encourage green buying practices.
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