Department of Environmental Sciences, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Waste Manag Res. 2023 Sep;41(9):1460-1468. doi: 10.1177/0734242X231159841. Epub 2023 Mar 15.
Consumer attitudes and behaviour regarding consumption of plastic goods and proper waste management are of importance for reducing plastic and microplastic (MP) pollution. Therefore, based on Eurobarometer survey, this study aims to analyse European attitudes and behaviour related to plastic pollution reduction. Europeans acknowledge marine and river pollution as important environmental problems and are worried about plastics and MP environmental impacts. However, this does not translate into related plastic reduction behaviours. Regression analysis show that analysed behaviours are likely to be undertaken by women, younger, with higher incomes respondents and by those who express higher worry about plastic and MP environmental impacts. Industry and big companies are seen as having the main role in reducing plastic waste and littering, chargers for single use plastics being less important. Respondents also stress the role of education. Hence, focus on concrete steps to reduce plastic waste, highlighting the interaction of individual actions and environment should be given.
消费者对塑料商品消费和妥善废物管理的态度和行为对于减少塑料和微塑料（MP）污染至关重要。因此，本研究基于欧洲民意调查，旨在分析欧洲人减少塑料污染的态度和行为。欧洲人承认海洋和河流污染是重要的环境问题，并对塑料和 MP 对环境的影响感到担忧。然而，这并没有转化为相关的减少塑料行为。回归分析表明，分析中的行为很可能由女性、年轻人、高收入的受访者以及那些对塑料和 MP 对环境的影响表示更大担忧的人采取。人们认为工业和大公司在减少塑料废物和乱扔垃圾方面发挥着主要作用，而对一次性塑料收费的重视程度较低。受访者还强调了教育的作用。因此，应该关注减少塑料废物的具体步骤，突出个人行动与环境的相互作用。
