Promoting sustainable consumption and circular economy:the intention of Vietnamese youth consumers to purchase products made from recycled plastics

Recycling is viewed as a key component in a circular economy and serves as an ideal solution for promoting sustainability.During the global plastic crisis,plastic recycling practices have been adopted worldwide,leading to the production of various products made from recycled plastics(PRP).Nevertheless,a gap persists between consumption and demand for such products,which is primarily attributed to a lack of comprehension from the consumer perspective.Given the pivotal role consumers play in the adoption of these products,this study explores consumers’intentions to purchase PRP.This is particularly significant in Vietnam,which is an emerging economy aspiring to achieve the objectives of a circular economy and sustainable development.Utilizing an integrated cognitive-emotional framework comprising the Valence Theory and the Norm Activation Model,data from 564 Vietnamese students were gathered and analyzed using structural equation modeling.The results show that awareness of consequences is a major driver of consumer purchase intentions,followed by perceived ease of application and monetary incentives.The results also indicate that health concerns have the strongest effect on purchase intention and in the negative side,meaning that the health-related risk is the primary concern for consumers during the decision-making process.This research holds substantial value for academics and managers,as it aids in the theoretical exploration and the formulation of strategies to improve consumer acceptance of PRP.

Approaches to Sustainable Consumption for Circular Economy

Consumer type and consumption need are analyzed in this paper. It is recognized that sustainable consumption accords with human＇s pursuing of well-being. Further, we analyze three types of realization models of sustainable consumption and focus onthe feasibility, realization process and policy measures of product service system.

Sustainable Consumption and Production in the Baltic Sea Region

Economic activity always has an impact on the environment, but the potential degree of this impact depends on consumption and production pattems. The aim of this paper is to analyse the environmental and well being impacts of consumption and production systems in Baltic Sea Region and draw conclusions about transferring of best practises in Latvia. This study is based on indicator analyses, focusing on data of environmental impacts from consumption and production in the region, and analyses drivers behind these impacts. The paper concludes two trends--Scandinavian countries and Germany which have more advanced economies demonstrate much higher ecoefficiency and environmental management practices compared to the new EU member states. The example of the Baltic Sea region shows that high income levels and a stable development path in the old EU member states provide grounds for technology advancement to reduce the environmental impact of production. However Baltic States and Poland on average demonstrate much more sustainable consumption patterns. But the trends in these countries are negative--they try to copy lifestyles and consumption patterns of more advanced economies with higher ecological footprint. Challenge for Latvia is to improve its ecoefficiency but at the same time develop more sustainable consumption patterns.

Strategy and Mechanism Study for Promotion of Circular Economy in China

1 BACKGROUND OF THE TASK FORCE OF CIRCULAR ECONOMYIn responding to the call from the Chinese government to take the circular economy approach for new industrialization and sustainable development, the Task Force on Circular Economy & Cleaner Production (CETF) of the 3rd

Reflections on the Green Economy(Redemption of the Principles of Mill and Pigou):A View of a Brazilian Environmentalist

The current context of global efforts in the pursuit of sustainable development can be characterized by the perception of the scientific-technological losses of ecosystems and ecosystem services and their consequences for the survival of humanity in the face of threats of imbalances in the basic conditions for survival such as food production, the environmental quality, natural control of pests and diseases, loses of biodiversity and climate changes. Some recent initiatives at global, regional and local level are pointed and some conceptual trends and deployment strategies advance towards the consolidation of the principles of sustainable development, despite several difficulties for effectively reaching its goals. The trend of gradual changes in the models of developing nations and in the patterns of production and consumption is portrayed objectively, seeking to correlate with principles of environmental economics and green economy, since Cecil Pigou and Stuart Mill principles to recent researches as Kenneth Boulding, Herman Daly, Nicholas Georgescu-Rogen, Franz Capra, Ignacy Sachs, Edgar Morin, beyond others. The ability of the United Nations and governments to intervene in neoliberal logic aiming wider benefit to society and the reduction of the negative effects of market distortions, as striking on the global stage, represents a true redemption of the principles advocated by Cecil Pigou, at the beginning of the last century, both for the global economy and for their effects on environmental and social conflicts, social exclusion resulting from the current economic systems which are not necessary new strategies, principles, or economic formulas, but decision making to tackle the market with seriousness to promote equity, social justice and environmental sustainability, without sacrificing progress and development, as evident in the current discussion of social inclusion and the convergence of individual and collective interests, so far in the development model based on increasing production and consumption, yet with little environmental responsibility.

Informed Design for Sustainable Growth

Lahti Growth model in the Lahti University of Applied Sciences is joining together the regional hub for design competence and the committed development of circular economy solutions. On the strategic level the circular solutions try to prevent waste from occurring in any part of the production and consumption process. This demands also design for user consumer behavior change. New emphasis for design education is required with guiding students in solving this behavior change challenge instead of designing concrete products. The user research for green behavior change reveals practical everyday, social life and interest related hindrances explaining the typical attitude – behavior gap with green actions. From the the user perspective the need is for service thinking based solutions, where the information communication, findability and availability of the offering amongst the everyday activities and interests is essential. This paper presents three into the design education integrated cases that present possibilities of the circular economy design and fulfill some important aspets of the user needs. The information design case for renewable energy production in the countryside developed both static posters and storytelling based animations about the horse manure based energy possibilities. The renewable energy research results data wrangling was integrated with information design ideas and visualisation production. The information design project produced results for clear, positive, context related and systemic information delivery. It also produced communication messaging about the normality, savings and history related sensibility achieved through recycling and producing renewable energy in the countryside. The second design case was about preowned product recycling possibilities through applying user information and service design process. The cross-disciplinary students' efforts produced finable, positive and without a car available service process, house cleaning and preowned product collecting services and activities for sharing, reuse, repair and redesign. These results provided easily usable activities for the consumer user with visible and meaningful results and possibilities for social sharing. Sustainable urban living example case dealt with bus travelling systems. Applying emphatic design thinking process to cross-disciplinary learning the work produced an application concept to support city visitors in bus travelling and a concept to incorporate intercative and challeging games to the bus company offerings. The user driven bus travelling design provided clear and easily obtainable information, easily findable and usable bus travel possibilities for the visitors. The engaging and social side of solutions was also covered. The implemented and analysed project cases show that by appropriating user driven and emphatic design process, research knowledge integration, systemic thinking, and cross-disciplinary, collaborative aspects in design education offers means to tackle the circular economy behavior change challenges. Methods for information design, systems analysis, user driven design and co-design become the core of the behavior change enabling design instead of concrete product development methods.

Sustainable plasticulture in Chinese agriculture: a review of challenges and routes to achieving long-term food and ecosecurity

Plastic pollution is global concern, affecting most aspects of global food production systems. Plasticulture, a practice used in agriculture to improve crop quality and quantity, among other factors, is a significant source of plastic pollution. This review examines the extent of plasticulture in China, the implications of the practice across decades of use and the legislative instruments used to resolve those issues. It briefly assesses the effectiveness of these policies and proposes possible future innovations to promote increases in long-term food and eco-security, where sustainable plasticulture is a key agent for change. While plasticulture has increased agricultural productivity in growth-limiting conditions, plastic pollution in agricultural soils has become acute in China. Consequently, plastic pollution is having deleterious effects on soil health and in turn, crop productivity in China. Plastic pollution in agriculture is a multifaceted issue and so proposed solutions should be informed by this complexity. Current measures do not reflect a holistic approach to solving this socioecological challenge and adopt a top-down approach, with little or no supportive mechanisms. Future recommendations need to consider the particular set of conditions that influence the production, use and end-of-life management of agriplastics,specific to the environmental, economic and social conditions in each location.

物质流分析研究述评

物质流分析方法近年来在循环经济和可持续发展研究领域发展迅速。阐述了物质流分析的定义及其与自然生态系统物质流的区别,着重回顾了该研究方法的发展历程,阐明了物质流分析的主要观点、理论基础、研究思路及研究框架,详细阐译和对比分析了物质流分析的六大类指标及分析方法,并在物质流分析框架的基础上,建立循环经济及可持续发展的评价指标体系,并对物质流分析指标体系和方法学的研究意义及其在环境经济学中的地位进行了客观的评价,进而指出了物质流分析方法的不足之处。对物质流分析在不同层次的应用研究也进行了充分的阐述和分析。对物质流分析今后相关领域的进一步研究予以了讨论和展望。

汽车共享消费的发展模式及社会经济特性分析

基于私人拥有为基础的汽车普及消费既是一种大幅度提高社会福利水平的生活方式,又是一种非可持续性消费模式。汽车普及消费在促进经济增长的同时不仅消耗大量自然资源,且造成极大的环境危害。要解决汽车消费的两难问题,除了制造技术的创新外,还必须进行消费模式的创新。汽车共享作为一种创新型交通模式,在发达国家已经得到相当程度的发展,在我国更具有推广应用前景。本文对汽车共享的概念和发展历程进行分析,并对其社会经济特性和发展模式等进行研究。

试论循环经济的要素价格差假说

回顾了循环经济理论的研究状况,以此为基础,文章提出了循环经济要素价格差假说,以解释循环经济的实现问题。分析了循环经济组织和非循环经济组织的基本形态,定义并讨论了循环经济生产函数和非循环经济生产函数,提出了消费性生产函数的概念;以这些函数为基本框架,在企业追求利润最大化假定的基础上,研究了企业在循环经济和非循环经济生产方式之间的选择,从而论证了循环经济要成为现实必须满足的两项基本原则,得到了循环经济实现的要素价格差条件。该结论与众多的定性研究结论并不完全一致。结论表明,要使循环经济发挥市场的资源配置作用,一要有循环经济导向的技术创新以满足循环经济生产可能性;二要有循环的资源环境要素与其替代要素的价格差小于经济转移梯度。最后,本文讨论了影响要素价格差的几种主要因素:产权制度、中介组织、定价机制、制度的路径依赖,以扫清循环经济发展的障碍。

绿色生产率、循环经济与经济可持续发展

本文根据经济学中的生产率与效率和生态经济学理论,通过对生产率、绿色生产率与循环经济关系的分析,提出生产率水平提高是经济可持续发展的根本和基础,绿色生产率水平提高和循环经济发展是经济可持续发展的高层次要求等观点。

发展矿区循环经济的实践及再认识

从矿区实施循环经济的背景及意义出发,指出循环经济是矿区发展的必然选择,并结合矿区循环经济发展模式的构建,提出了发展矿区循环经济所需的技术支撑;通过对矿区循环经济发展的误区分析,指出矿区发展循环经济要实现从过分注重物质效益向重视非物质化服务功能开发的转变,对矿业生态工业园区建设和构建矿区复合生态系统提出了相关建议。

中国发展循环经济的几点思考

首先就循环经济的产生背景、与传统经济发展模式的区别以及对我国的特殊意义进行了初步的理论分析,在此基础上,阐述了我国当前发展循环经济的工作重点。

最近10年国外循环经济进展及对中国深化发展的启示

随着联合国确立2030全球可持续发展目标和巴黎会议通过应对气候变化的全球协议,循环经济在世界各国的发展得到越来越多的重视,正在与低碳经济一起作为绿色经济的两个支柱,纳入主流的理论研究和政策研究。过去10年来,受到中国发展循环经济的刺激,国外特别是欧洲国家为了占领绿色经济制高点,强化了循环经济的研究与实践,在理论研究、政策创新、企业实践等方面取得了一系列重要成果。这反过来可以对中国未来深化循环经济起到促进和激励作用。本文从三个方面总结和评论最近10年来国外循环经济的进展及其启示。首先,指出循环经济从60年前的思想萌芽,经过过去20年的发展,当前在政府、专门组织以及学术研究等多种力量的推动下,正在进入波澜壮阔的第三波。其次,概括过去10年欧洲国家在循环经济领域取得的进展和成果,指出循环经济的理论与实践出现了整合化、系统化的趋势,重要如EMF提出了循环经济的系统模型;战略思路实现了从治理废弃物向预防和减少废弃物的转变,重要如欧盟提出了发展循环经济的一揽子计划;强调循环经济对于21世纪企业发展和创新具有重大意义,重要如埃森哲咨询公司提出了循环型企业的五种类型,其中产品服务系统和基于互联网平台的分享经济正在成为循环型企业发展的新前沿。最后,在前述研究的基础上,针对中国循环经济发展如何走上新台阶,如何实现经济社会发展与物质流消耗的绝对脱钩,从建构循环经济整体模式以及政府、企业、消费者、研究者等利益相关者合作推动等方面提出了相应的建议。

我国居民低碳生活路径研究——以湖北省为例

低碳经济和低碳生活越来越受到专家学者们的关注。文章首先阐明了低碳生活是低碳经济的重要组成部分,然后梳理了国内关于低碳生活研究的相关文献,紧接着以湖北省为例,从能源消费结构不合理、居民的消费状况不乐观、基础设施不能支撑低碳生活等三个方面阐述了湖北省居民践行低碳生活的困境,最后讨论了实现湖北省居民低碳生活的几种途径。

略论休闲经济

文章在论述了经济休闲化趋势的基础上，提出了“休闲经济”的概念，对休闲经济的基本特征、轮廓和所覆盖的范围进行了分析，对休闲产业的经济和社会意义进行了简要的讨论。文章主张大力发展休闲产业，并呼吁结合中国的“小康”实际，加强对休闲经济和休闲营销的研究。

煤炭生产服务业对行业经济发展的影响研究

随着生产活动社会分工的进一步细化和价值链、战略性外包、工程项目管理等理论观点逐步与生产实践管理融合,煤炭生产服务业的内涵,包括概念、内部构成、特征等得到了极大丰富,同时对我国煤炭行业经济发展的影响越来越受到人们的关注。对上述内容进行了定性分析并运用VAR模型揭示我国煤炭生产服务业与行业经济可持续发展的关系发现,目前我国煤炭行业增长的主要驱动力量并非来源于高知识、高技术的煤炭生产性服务业,对煤炭生产性服务业的依赖程度不高的结论,提出将煤炭行业内部专业化服务发展成市场化经营的建议。

基于循环经济理念构建我国未来的造纸业

造纸工业是我国制造业中为数不多的朝阳产业,也是污染较为严重的行业。在结合目前国内外造纸业发展现状的基础上,基于循环经济理念,从三个层面上探讨了如何构建我国未来的造纸业,提出了我国未来造纸业可持续发展模式:先组织企业内部的物质循环和能量梯级利用,其次结合自身和周边环境的特点构建有效产业链,同时积极开展废纸资源的回收利用以形成社会层面上的大循环,最终实现造纸业的可持续发展。

环境保护是一项基本国策

阐述了"环境保护是我国的一项基本国策"的内涵及再学习这一论断的必要性,指出在农业、工业、交通运输、第三产业以及科技、金融、税收、海关等部门落实"基本国策"的具体措施,提出了完善环境保护管理体制的建议。

构建贵州省经济可持续发展的绿色生产、消费体系研究

在全球生态危机日益严峻的背景下,努力实现绿色生产、绿色消费已成为经济可持续发展的必然选择。然而,近年来贵州省经济的发展则仍是以资源、能源和环境的过度消耗为代价的,因此,构建绿色生产、绿色消费体系有利于贵州省"三化"同步战略的实施。通过分析贵州省绿色生产、绿色消费的现状,提出建立绿色生产和绿色消费体系的对策建议,为促进贵州省经济跨越发展提供参考。