Scientific Definition
Branding recycling as personal duty shifts blame from producers of single-use packaging.
Plain-English Definition
Branding recycling as personal duty shifts blame from producers of single-use packaging.
Feynman Explanation
Producer wrote the script. Consumer plays the villain.
Core Principle
Branding recycling as personal duty shifts blame from producers of single-use packaging.
Mechanisms
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Branding recycling as personal duty shifts blame from producers of single-use packaging.
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Responsibility framing is a corporate strategy.
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Inputs (Triggers)
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Outputs (Behaviors)
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Behavioral Signature
Producer wrote the script. Consumer plays the villain.
Examples
- Plastics industry's decades-long recycling PR campaign.
- Responsibility framing is a corporate strategy.
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Famous Experiments
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Design Principles
- Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). Source reduction.
Measurement Approaches
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Evidence
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The Perverse Incentive Lens™
How this behavior is exploited — and how to redesign around it.
- Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). Source reduction.
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