How Do Germans Think about Plastic Packaging
How do Germans view sustainable development and plastic packaging? In February 2018, the German Packaging Association e.V. conducted a survey of 1050 German men and women in different industries between the ages of 16 and 64.
According to the survey, 4.5% of respondents stated that they would buy plastic shopping bags at the store. The proportion of the 18-24 age group is 11.4%, which is almost three times the remaining population (3.55%), and still 19.1% of the population. Said they must bring plastic bags from home. More Germans (80.4%) choose to use shopping baskets or cloth bags.
53.8% of citizens demand not only to collect and recycle plastic packaging, but also to request recycling of other plastic products, and are willing to support the construction of plastic recycling through subsidies. The plastic tax conducive to the construction of recycled plastic systems is considered to be beneficial to 28.3% of German citizens, and garbage Incineration only 12.6%
32.1% of consumers found that the regional sources of products were more important than whether they were packaged or packaged. Basically, whether for cost reasons (22.8%), freshness and hygiene (20.5%) or because it was more practical (14.7% ) Most people prefer packaged goods. Only 27.7% use bulk goods at the time of purchase.