From shops to bins: a case study of consumer attitudes and behaviours towards plastics in a UK coastal city.

ABSTRACT: Understanding the use behaviours of plastic items within households is important to enable informed policy development, particularly with the emerging and developing global plastic treaty. A survey of 400 permanent residents in Portsmouth aimed to identify the general trends in single-use plastic product (SUPP) use and disposal, and their personal motivations and barriers to reducing and recycling plastic. This included identifying common influencers of attitudes such as environmental values, situational characteristics, psychological factors and the individual demographic characteristics of residents. Key factors in consumer behaviour were found to be product availability, affordability and convenience. Often, less conveniently recycled plastics more frequently end up in landfill such as

SUBMITTER: Northen SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9884600 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature