Department of Environmental Science, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa.
Department of Environmental Science, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa..
Waste Manag. 2019 Feb 1;84:320-328. doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2018.11.051. Epub 2018 Dec 11.
Single-use plastic shopping bag consumption is one of the leading causes of environmental and socio-economic problems worldwide, which has led to global calls for intervention strategies to reduce use. In South Africa, plastic bag use is still widespread despite intervention efforts based on levying taxes. Using an online questionnaire, this study examines plastic bag use practices and factors influencing use in South Africa. The results show that the majority of respondents perceived there was a plastic bag use problem in the country but still highly used plastic bags because it was convenient to do so. Factors like, gender, age, education and environmental consciousness influenced people's willingness to pay for plastic bags but the relationships were generally weak. The paper outlines which interventions might be most effective in achieving pro-environmental actions.
一次性塑料袋消费是全球环境和社会经济问题的主要原因之一，这导致了全球呼吁采取干预策略来减少使用。尽管南非已经采取了基于征税的干预措施，但塑料袋的使用仍然很普遍。本研究使用在线问卷，调查了南非的塑料袋使用情况和影响使用的因素。结果表明，大多数受访者认为该国存在塑料袋使用问题，但仍大量使用塑料袋，因为这样做很方便。性别、年龄、教育和环境意识等因素影响了人们购买塑料袋的意愿，但这些关系通常很弱。本文概述了哪些干预措施可能最有效地实现有利于环境的行动。
