This positioning paper addresses a number of key questions relating to the sustainability of Australian households. It explores:

1. What are household waste/water/energy attitudes and practices?

2. How waste/water/energy attitudes and practices have changed over time.

3. What factors have driven changes in household waste/water/energy attitudes and practices?

4. The relationship between householders? waste/water/energy attitudes and practices and whether the relationship varies according to SES, household type, tenure or behavioural domain.

5. The most effective ways of shaping positive change in household waste/water/energy perceptions and behaviour and what are the costs and benefits of these approaches for stakeholders?

Authors: Kelly S. Fielding, Winnifred R. Louis, Clive Warren and Alice Thompson