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ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Impact Mechanism of Environmental Regulations
on Farmers’ Waste Farm Polyethylene
Film Recycling Behavior
1
College of Economics and Management, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, China
2
School of International Economics and Trade, Xinjiang University of Finance and Economics, Urumqi, China
These authors had equal contribution to this work
Submission date: 2024-05-09
Final revision date: 2024-09-09
Acceptance date: 2024-10-13
Online publication date: 2024-12-30
Publication date: 2025-11-04
Corresponding author
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(6):7835-7850
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ABSTRACT
Environmental regulations and internal perception are crucial in standardizing farmers’ production
behaviors, promoting green agricultural practices, and alleviating rural resource and environmental
constraints. This paper examines the effects of environmental regulations and internal perception on
farmers’ behaviors regarding the recycling of waste agricultural films, employing Probit models based
on survey data from 697 households in Xinjiang. The results show: (1) Constraint regulation has
a significant positive effect on farmers’ waste mulch recycling behavior, while guiding regulation
and incentive regulation are not found to promote. (2) Value orientation and transfer internalization
have a mediating role between environmental regulation and farmers’ waste mulch recycling behavior,
and both can positively enhance the positive effect of environmental regulation on farmers’ waste
mulch recycling behavior, which is conducive to the promotion of green agricultural development.
(3) From the perspective of heterogeneity, the positive effect of environmental regulations on the
recycling of used mulch by farmers is more significant in the senior group, the low-education group,
and the large-scale grower group. Based on these findings, the study suggests that while environmental
regulation policies should continue to motivate, constrain, and guide farmers, the positive role of internal
perception in promoting recycling behaviors should also be emphasized. In implementing recycling
policies, a combination of top-down environmental regulations and inside-out internal perception is
necessary.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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