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Consumer attitudes on the use of plastic and cloth bags

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This paper examines consumer attitudes and behavior on the use of plastic and cloth bags in Eskişehir, Turkey. To this end, a structural equation model is proposed. Environmental consciousness regarding the use of plastic bags, social pressure, support for the banning of plastic bags, the intention to use cloth bags and behavior to reduce plastic bag use are employed as latent variables in the model. The intention to use cloth bags and the behavior to reduce the use of plastic bags are defined as endogenous latent variables in the structural model. In the conclusion of the study, it is identified that consumers who are environmentally conscious and feel under social pressure, tend to reduce the use of plastic bags and switch to using cloth bags.

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  1. Department of Econometrics, Dumlupınar University, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Kütahya, Turkey

    Erkan Arı

  2. Department of Statistics, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Faculty of Sciences and Literature, Eskişehir, Turkey

    Veysel Yılmaz

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Arı, E., Yılmaz, V. Consumer attitudes on the use of plastic and cloth bags. Environ Dev Sustain 19, 1219–1234 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-016-9791-x

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