Understanding consumers’ behavior intentions towards dealing with the plastic waste: Perspective of a developing country

Khan, Farhana; Ahmed, Waqar; Najmi, Arsalan

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2018.11.020

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“…According to the TPB theoretical analysis framework, attitude is one of the main predictors of behavioural intention. In the literature on pro-environment behaviour including e-waste recycling [4,31] and dealing with plastic waste [32], many studies showed that intention is positively affected by attitude. Especially in studies on green consumption, scholars found the relationship between attitude and intention to be significantly positive.…”

Section: Attitudementioning

confidence: 99%

“…This could be interesting in the context of China because it is a developing country where living standards are different from those of developed countries. Therefore, people may seek financial subsidies or rewards to participate in green consumption [32]. Finally, a person could be subject to the opinions of important people, such as family members, relatives, and friends.…”

Section: Practical Implications For Local Policymakersmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Residents’ Green Purchasing Intentions in a Developing-Country Context: Integrating PLS-SEM and MGA Methods

Wang

Sun

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This paper aims to examine the determinants of green purchasing intentions among different resident groups in a developing-country context. We first expand the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) and build a theoretical model based on green purchasing intention, including attitude, perceived behavioural control, subjective norms, environmental concern, habit, and socio-demographic characteristics (i.e., age, gender, residential area, and educational level). Following this, we collect 552 questionnaires from residents in Tianjin Municipality, China. We use partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) to analyse the green purchasing intention of the population sample and then employ a multi-group analysis (MGA) to explore the group differences in residents' green purchasing intention. The results show that green purchasing intention is significantly and positively influenced by attitude, perceived behavioural control, subjective norms, and environmental concern but not by habit. The relationship chain of environmental concern→subjective norms→purchasing intention is the strongest. The results of the MGA show that for residential-area groups, the relationships between attitudes, perceived behavioural control, and habits and purchasing intention differ significantly between the downtown group and the outside-the-city group. For the educational-level groups, the relationship between environmental concern and subjective norms differs significantly between the high-education group and the low-education group. Finally, these findings contribute to the literature on the TPB model on green purchasing intention and provide some suggestions for the local government and green marketers.

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Section: Attitudementioning

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Section: Practical Implications For Local Policymakersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Residents’ Green Purchasing Intentions in a Developing-Country Context: Integrating PLS-SEM and MGA Methods

Wang

Sun

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“…While the environmentally friendly behavior is a wider concept, encompassing several aspects of the reduction of pollution, the ZW is focused mainly on solid waste issues on household level regarding food, cosmetics, hygienic and household products and textile waste management. The majority of the studies related to one or more aspects of the ZW investigate the recycling behavior (Davies et al, 2002;Khan et al, 2019), the other dimensions of the 3R model are rarely examined (Mintz et al, 2019).…”

Section: Determinants Of the Zero Waste Consumer Lifestylementioning

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“…A lot of the environmentally conscious consumer studies are developed either on the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) (Fishbein and Ajzen, 1975) or on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) by Ajzen (1991) (Liobikienė et al, 2016;Khan et al, 2019;Li et al, 2019). According to these theories, the attitude towards the action and the social pressure are significant predictors of the intention to act.…”

Section: Determinants Of the Zero Waste Consumer Lifestylementioning

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“…Subjective norm refers to consumers' perceived social pressure to whether to perform or not the behavior (Li et al, 2019). While some authors found that subjective norm is an important predictor of the recycling behavior (Khan et al, 2019) or on the purchasing green products (Liobikienė et al, 2016), others have not identified its significant impact on the recycling behavior (Davies et al, 2002;Ma et al, 2017). In an international setting Mintz et al (2019) found that social norms predict in Germany the waste minimization and recycling in every condition but in Israel social norm was significant in waste minimization and recycling only when it was easy to do it.…”

Section: Determinants Of the Zero Waste Consumer Lifestylementioning

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Determinants of Adopting a Zero Waste Consumer Lifestyle

SÄƒplÄƒcan

Márton

2019

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As of 2019, Euromonitor International predicted that one of the most emerging consumer trends would be the aspiration and acting for a plastic-free world. The concept of Zero waste has been widely discussed in production technology and waste management literature, however, in recent years environmentally conscious consumers also decided to get more involved in concrete -and sometimes radical -waste reduction actions, even lifestyle changes. These initiatives were also supported by the authorities by banning certain single-use plastic items in the European Union by 2021. Media and social media personalities also have thematized the waste pollution problem and have brought closer to the population the principles of zero waste lifestyle. While the environmentally conscious consumer behavior has been researched widely before, the diffusion of zero waste principles at household level has not been in the researchers' focus. The present study aims to conceptualize and then identify the dimensions and the determinants of a zero waste consumer lifestyle. Questionnaire-based research has been delivered on a sample of 378 people active in zero waste social media groups in Hungary. Our results reveal that the waste reduction initiatives are the most important components of the zero waste behavior; however, dimensions of reusing and recycling products, packages or waste are also identified. The zero waste consumer is driven by altruistic motivations, is nonconformist, guided by his own values and convictions, shows positive attitude towards zero wasters' efforts, follows social media influencers' videos in zero waste matters and is active in social media groups.

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Sustainable development and circular economy: The role of institutional promotion on circular consumption and market competitiveness from a multistakeholder engagement approach

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The transition from a linear economy to a circular economy (CE) is a real challenge to achieve long‐term sustainability. To push CE in the market, institutional promotion could become a key driver to positively impact both circular consumption and the competitiveness of the market. This paper analyzes the influence that soft and hard initiatives have on circular consumption and market competitiveness. Based on a survey of 1,281 respondents from different types of stakeholders, structural equations modeling statistical analysis was run. Results show that soft initiatives support the achievement of both objectives, whereas hard ones only influence greater circular consumption. However, the perception of the different stakeholders considered is very heterogeneous. It is indicative that not all institutional promotion initiatives are effective. Thus, institutions should guide, in an adequate and differentiated manner, their efforts to promote CE and sustainable development depending on the stakeholder they are targeting.

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Understanding consumers’ behavior intentions towards dealing with the plastic waste: Perspective of a developing country

Cited by 295 publications

References 58 publications

Residents’ Green Purchasing Intentions in a Developing-Country Context: Integrating PLS-SEM and MGA Methods

Residents’ Green Purchasing Intentions in a Developing-Country Context: Integrating PLS-SEM and MGA Methods

Determinants of Adopting a Zero Waste Consumer Lifestyle

Sustainable development and circular economy: The role of institutional promotion on circular consumption and market competitiveness from a multistakeholder engagement approach

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