Attitudes of young college age consumers to the use of packaging when shopping at retail in the context of the COVID pandemic 19

ABSTRACT

In the last decade, a growing trend can be observed in all areas of consumption due to this fact amount of waste from packing from individual households is increasing rapidly. These topics have become the subject of extensive discussions among the professional and lay public in the context of sustainability, the environment and also the renewable resources. Many young people in economically developed countries have embraced the ideas of the Zero Waste and have actively considered the issues of recycling and economy in packaging management. Many young people in economically developed countries have embraced the ideas of the Zero Waste and have actively considered the issues of recycling and economy in packaging management. The aim of the article is to evaluate the current attitudes of young people in college age in the Czech Republic to the purchase of unpackaged good. Research was carried out in January 2021. Total number of respondents were 389. All respondents were university students. The contingency tables and X2 test as methods were used for evaluation relationship between variables. For measuring of strength Cramer's V was used. Four null hypotheses were defined. 83% of respondents sort waste, from that more than 90% of respondents sort plastics, paper, and glass at household. In contrast, only 22% of respondents sort bio-waste and 41% of respondents sort beverage cartons. Women showed more knowledge of sorting waste than men. More than 90% of respondents stated that the volume of packaging waste in their households increased in the last year.