Consumer perceptions of sustainable packaging: Limited by lack of knowledge?
(2012) The 3 rd Nordic Retail and Wholesale Conference- Abstract
- Packaging has great potential to contribute to sustainable development. This is due to its primary role to protect products. This paper reports on how Swedish consumers perceive and select food packages in general, and how environmental aspects of conventional and organic food packaging are perceived in particular. The study is based on a consumer survey. The findings indicate that contrary to research that emphasizes the protective function of packaging as most important, consumers almost exclusively refer to the packaging material when it comes to the environmental impact of packaging. This indicates a lack of knowledge among consumers on sustainable packaging.
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- author
- Lindh, Helena LU ; Olsson, Annika LU and Williams, Helen
- organization
- publishing date
- 2012
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Sustainable packaging, Survey, Organic food packaging, Consumer preferences in packaging
- host publication
- The 3 rd Nordic Retail and Wholesale Conference, Lund, Sweden. November 7-8, 2012, 2012
- conference name
- The 3 rd Nordic Retail and Wholesale Conference
- conference location
- Lund, Sweden
- conference dates
- 2012-11-07 - 2012-11-08
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 67abe1a6-0843-4242-ac06-fcc237f54c0d (old id 4933378)
- date added to LUP
- 2016-04-04 13:35:06
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- 2021-05-28 02:31:18
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