Do you need a bag? Analyzing the consumption behavior of plastic bags of households in Ecuador

Zambrano-Monserrate, Manuel A.; Ruano, María Alejandra

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2019.104489

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“…Finally, the environmental concern limited to the variable of this study was higher in the younger elderly (60 to 69), with a higher socioeconomic level, higher individual and family income, and better health, coinciding with the studies reviewed [27,28,30].…”

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“…The profiles of users concerned about the environment have been studied based on some objects and the control of certain variables that explain, in part, their behavior. The study of Zambrano-Monserrate and Ruano [27] demonstrated that, starting from sociodemographic and descriptive variables, the level of studies and incomes were influential in the choice of reusable bags over plastic ones. If these people also take part in social activities, the use of plastic bags fell.…”

Section: Use Of Mobile Phones and The Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Mobile Phone Use by the Elderly: Relationship between Usability, Social Activity, and the Environment

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Mobile phones have caused diverging opinions regarding the change in communication patterns and the isolation among young people. However, in the case of the elderly, there are positive effects related to their use, their social activity, and their environmental awareness. This study connects these three variables beginning with the mobile telephone use by the elderly. A sample of 399 self-reliant elderly people was interviewed in Chile, where 159 had mobile phones. They answered the Usefulness, Satisfaction and Ease of Use Questionnaire (USE) and a series of questions about the environment and social life developed from previous studies. The results were analyzed using a multiple correspondence and correlation analysis. A high correlation between the three variables was found. Hence, a higher usability of mobile phones was associated with higher social activity and a higher environmental concern. These results showed that a design approach for the elderly could increase satisfaction regarding the use of a product and, as a result, improve communication with their social setting. From an environmental point of view, an indirect relationship was seen between the selection, use, and expectations of the end of life of the products.

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Section: Use Of Mobile Phones and The Environmentmentioning

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Mobile Phone Use by the Elderly: Relationship between Usability, Social Activity, and the Environment

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“…Waste management academic discourse has historically centred on the role of individual agency within our interrelated waste and crises. For instance, a brief literature search reveals multiple authors linking increased personal consumption (often within nations in the Global South) to the creation of unprecedented amounts of waste, inundating our rivers and oceans with plastic (see (Sanni, 2019;Van Rensburg et al, 2020;Zambrano-Monserrate & Ruano, 2020). However, often, within these narratives, individual action is also presented as the panacea, through sustainable choice and switching to multiple-use products, the consumer is presented as both the cause and the solution to waste (see (Cohen, 2017;Moss, 2018;Willis et al, 2019)).…”

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“…In general, research in the area of sustainability and proenvironmental behavior has paid very little attention to Central Asian countries (Carballo‐Penela, Ruzo‐Sanmartín, & Sousa, 2020). In the case of Ecuador, only some studies were made in the area of green consumer behavior (Zambrano‐Monserrate & Ruano, 2020), but researchers have not paid attention to Wpeb. Hence, our research adds light to the antecedents of Wpeb in developing countries.…”

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The antecedents of employees' voluntary proenvironmental behavior at work in developing countries: The role of employee affective commitment and organizational support

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Employees can contribute to organizational greening by engaging in green behaviors voluntarily. This work examines the role of four antecedents from an organizational context in the promotion of employees' voluntary pro‐environmental behavior at work: job satisfaction, perceived organizational support, employee affective commitment (EAC), and perceived organizational environmental support (POES), which are directly and indirectly related to voluntary pro‐environmental behavior at work. We also test the moderating effect of POES. We empirically test the proposed hypotheses using SEM with a sample of 331 banking employees from two countries, Ecuador and Kazakhstan. Results demonstrate statistically significant relationships between the proposed antecedents of voluntary pro‐environmental behavior at work, showing the mediating role of EAC, as well as the moderating role of POES.

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Do you need a bag? Analyzing the consumption behavior of plastic bags of households in Ecuador

Cited by 69 publications

References 27 publications

Mobile Phone Use by the Elderly: Relationship between Usability, Social Activity, and the Environment

Mobile Phone Use by the Elderly: Relationship between Usability, Social Activity, and the Environment

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The antecedents of employees' voluntary proenvironmental behavior at work in developing countries: The role of employee affective commitment and organizational support

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