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Goldstein et al., 2008, Experiment 2: Placing signs in hotel bathrooms about how most guests reused their towels or appealing to guests' identities increased such behavior among guests

Reference:

Goldstein, N. J., Cialdini, R. B., & Griskevicius, V. (2008). A room with a viewpoint: Using social norms to motivate environmental conservation in hotels. Journal of consumer Research, 35(3), 472-482.
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Summary:

Signs in hotel bathrooms that conveyed that most guests who stayed in that specific room reused their towels at least once increased the towel reuse rate to 49%, from 37% in response to a standard environmental appeal, and 41-44% in response to response to normative appeals based on citizenship identity, gender-identity, and hotel guest identity.

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