Not Always an Easy Win: The Effectiveness of a Ballot Bin Experiment to Prevent Cigarette Butt Littering
Neľahká úloha: Účinnosť experimentu s hlasovacou nádobou ako prevencia voči cigaretovým ohorkom
Ekonomika a spoločnosť, Volume 23, Number 1/2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24040/eas.2022.23.1.32-49
Odporúčaná forma citácie článku:
Pavlovský, P., Sloboda, M., Sičáková-Beblavá, E., Klunin, A. (2022). Neľahká úloha: Účinnosť experimentu s hlasovacou nádobou ako prevencia voči cigaretovým ohorkom. Ekonomika a spoločnosť, 23 (1), 32-49. doi: https://doi.org/10.24040/eas.2022.23.1.32-49
Recommended form for quotation of the article:
Pavlovský, P., Sloboda, M., Sičáková-Beblavá, E., Klunin, A. (2022). Not Always an Easy Win: The Effectiveness of a Ballot Bin Experiment to Prevent Cigarette Butt Littering. Journal of Economics and Social Research, 23 (1), 32-49. doi: https://doi.org/10.24040/eas.2022.23.1.32-49
ABSTRACT
This paper presents the results of two behavioural interventions aimed at reducing cigarette butt littering which is a significant environmental pollutant. The interventions were priming – spraying shoeprints on the pavement leading to the nearest bin – and gamification – replacing two litter bins with two ballot bins. This experiment used a before-and-after uncontrolled experimental design and was conducted at a Bratislava transportation hub. Our results show that two interventions did not prove to be effective. The possible reasons are highly heterogeneous intervention group at the transportation hub, the effects of the pandemic and lockdown during which the experiment took place.
Key words: Cigarette butt littering. Nudge. Ballot bin. Gamification. Shoeprints.