How consumers of plastic water bottles are responding to environmental policies?

Autor: Aurélien Lemaire, Nicolas Barret, Caroline Orset
Přispěvatelé: Economie Publique (ECO-PUB), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-AgroParisTech, AgroParisTech, AgroParisTech-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
Předmět:
Adult
Male
020209 energy
Recycling plastic bottles
Regulatory instruments
Bioplastic bottles
02 engineering and technology
010501 environmental sciences
Discount points
01 natural sciences
Bioplastic
Young Adult
Willingness to pay
0202 electrical engineering
electronic engineering
information engineering
Humans
Waste Management and Disposal
JEL: Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics • Environmental and Ecological Economics/Q.Q5 - Environmental Economics/Q.Q5.Q58 - Government Policy
Consumer behaviour
JEL: D - Microeconomics/D.D6 - Welfare Economics/D.D6.D60 - General
Aged
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Consumption (economics)
Waste management
JEL: H - Public Economics/H.H2 - Taxation
Subsidies
and Revenue/H.H2.H23 - Externalities • Redistributive Effects • Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
Drinking Water
Biodegradable plastic bottles
Food Packaging
Consumer Behavior
Middle Aged
Environmental economics
[SHS.ECO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance
[SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environmental and Society
Purchasing
Environmental Policy
Food packaging
JEL: D - Microeconomics/D.D1 - Household Behavior and Family Economics/D.D1.D12 - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
JEL: Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics • Environmental and Ecological Economics/Q.Q5 - Environmental Economics/Q.Q5.Q53 - Air Pollution • Water Pollution • Noise • Hazardous Waste • Solid Waste • Recycling
13. Climate action
Public Opinion
Income
Damages
Female
Information campaign
France
Business
Consumer's willingness to pay
Plastics
Models
Econometric
Zdroj: Waste Management
Waste Management, Elsevier, 2017, 61, pp.13-27. ⟨10.1016/j.wasman.2016.12.034⟩
ISSN: 0956-053X
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2016.12.034⟩
Popis: International audience; Although plastic induces environmental damages, almost all water bottles are made from plastic and the consumption never stops increasing. This study evaluates the consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) for different plastics used for water packaging. Successive messages emphasizing the characteristics of plastic are delivered to participants allowing explaining the influence of information on the consumers' WTP. We find that information has a manifest effect on WTP. We show there is a significant premium associated with recycled plastic packaging and organic and biodegradable plastic packaging. As there is no consensus on the plastic which is the most or the least dangerous for the environment, we propose different policies for protecting the environment. We discuss about the impact of these policies on consumer's purchasing decisions: switching one plastic packaging for another, or leaving water plastic bottles' market. We see that from the standpoint of consumer surplus, regulation is effective with certain environmental policies. Choosing between them then depend on the priorities of the regulator and pressure of lobbies.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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