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Eco Friendly Bag Case Study

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The following case study explores the consumers attitude and perception towards the consumption of eco-friendly bag. Eco-friendly bag is the bag that can be used many times without give a negative impact to the environment. They are made with strong natural or synthetic materials such as jute, non-woven polypropylene, woven polypropylene, canvas or cotton so, eco-friendly bag are lightweight, biodegradable and non-disposable. It is environmentally friendly product that has been used by most of the hypermarket, retailers and shopping malls nowadays to increase the awareness of the environmental problems. Environmental issues have become a frequently debated matter, so consumers’ concerns about environmental problems have been dramatically …show more content…

The stronger of the attitude element is the behavioural intention to do the action will be more solid and frequent. For example, if an individual feel that he or she as a consumer should react to the “No Plastic Bag Day” campaign, they may practice it during every Saturday by preparing their own eco-friendly bag to supermarket or shopping malls. Similarly, the consumers will choose not to purchase during Saturday but other days if they believe on purchasing in hypermarket and shopping malls without plastic bag providing is inconvenient. McCarty and Shrum (1994) found that the inconvenience of individuals believed recycling is higher than importance of recycling. The perception of inconvenience of recycling activity is greater than influence on their actions. Then, Roberts and Bacon (1997) also claimed that consumer’s ecological attitudes and behavior have been recognized as a complex, yet important concept to address the profile of the environmentally conscious …show more content…

Conventional plastic bags, also known as oxo-biodegradable, are used to carry shopping from supermarkets. AMIS (2011) stated that conventional plastic bags have emerged in the 1950s in the United States and arrived in Brazil in the 1980s, substituting paper bags that are previously used. According to PORTALPBH (2011), Belo Horizonte is the first municipality to restrict the use of plastic bags by establishing law n. 9529, regulated on 27th February 2008, on the substitution of plastic bags for ecological carrier bags. It suggests the use of shopping trolley bags, cardboard boxes, recycled bags and returnable bags. Compostable or biodegradable bags are made from organic material, usually maize starch, which decomposes easily that take a maximum of 180 days to decompose, a result of the activity of micro-organisms present in composting environments and landfill sites and they are usually sold by retailers. Longer-lasting bags, made from a variety of materials such as cloth and straw are the best alternatives for discouraging disposal. In the Republic of Ireland a €0.15 levy on previously freely provided plastic shopping bags was introduced in 2002. An initial reduction of 94% in the number of plastic bags was reported. However, by 2007, the consumption had risen to about 9% of the

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