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Perception and Behavioral Changes of Thai Youths Towards the Plastic Bag Charging Program
Applied Environmental Research, 2020 Thailand has one of the highest usage of plastic bags globally, with over 45,000 million plastic carrier bags used annually. Because of its high plastic consumption and mismanagement of plastic waste, Thailand was ranked sixth globally in terms of its ...
Sujitra Vassanadumrongdee +2 more
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Charging Plastic Bags: Perceptions From Japan
PLOS Sustainability and Transformation, 2022 Mandatory charges for plastic bags at all stores was implemented in Japan in July 2020 to encourage interest in environmental issues and raise awareness of environmental risks. We conducted a survey on mandatory plastic bag charging, dealing with environmental risk perception, pro-environmental habits, attempts to reduce plastic bags, and sense of ...
Yuna Seo
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Journal of Applied Economics, 2022 Policymakers have little experience regarding designing the right levels of pricing for plastic bags. The ineffectiveness of charging for bags, in countries such as South Africa, makes it imperative that we map the demand curve. Getting the charge “right”
Johane Dikgang +2 more
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Revising the effectiveness of municipal waste management in Hong Kong
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2023 Although there have been many studies related to the municipal solid waste (MSW) problem in Hong Kong, only limited research has recently discussed the spatial variation of citizens’ environmental awareness in different geographical constituencies. Also,
Fong Ching Ma +3 more
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Charges for plastic bags: Motivational and behavioral effects [PDF]
Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2014 Two field studies tested the effects of a charge for single-use plastic bags recently implemented in Buenos Aires City, Argentina. Study 1 showed a greater increase in consumers' own bag use after the charge was introduced in supermarkets where the policy was introduced, in comparison to control supermarkets where the charge was not introduced, or was ...
Jakovcevic, Adriana +6 more
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The English Plastic Bag Charge Changed Behavior and Increased Support for Other Charges to Reduce Plastic Waste [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 Plastic bags create large amounts of waste and cause lasting environmental problems when inappropriately discarded. In 2015, England introduced a mandatory five pence (US$0.06/€0.06) charge to customers for each single-use plastic bag taken from large stores.
Gregory Owen Thomas +5 more
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Charging for Plastic Bags Cut Bag Consumption by Half in China
Journal of Applied Sciences, 2011 exaly +2 more sources
Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, 2023 AbstractJapan implemented mandatory charging for single-use plastic shopping bags in 2020. In this study, we verified the policy effect and its persistence by analyzing the changes in the number of plastic shopping bags taken and discarded by consumers before and after the charging came into effect.
Asako Nishijima, Jun Nakatani
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Present Environment and Sustainable Development, 2022 Plastic bags have either been charged or banned in more than 60 countries around the world. Charging for plastic bags as demarketing practice in Turkey is quite new. The aim of this study is to reveal the relationship among attitude toward reducing the use of plastic bags, environmental attitude and environmental behavior within the framework of the ...
Bahar Akyıldız, Koçoğlu Duygu
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Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2020 Abstract Reducing plastic waste has become an urgent global challenge. To help fight this problem, European countries have undertaken the mission to reduce lightweight plastic bag consumption. In 2014, Portugal implemented a charge on lightweight plastic bags, calling for an adjustment from both consumers and firms. The present research aims to study
Sílvia Luís +4 more
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