Barriers of Consumer Behavior for the Development of the Circular Economy in Russia

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10.2991/aebmr.k.210213.019How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Consumer behaviour, Circular economy, Environmental literacy, Survey

Abstract

In this paper, we study the barriers of the circular economy associated with the change in patterns of consumer behaviour. The method of the study is a face-to-face survey on a questionnaire aimed at determining the reasons why consumers practice (or do not practice) each of the 57 patterns of pro-environmental behaviour (PEBs). The research methodology is based on a literature review of European and Asian experiences and previous research on changing consumer behavior patterns. Field research through a questionnaire aimed to determine why consumers practice or not practice each of the practices. The questionnaire contained, among other things, questions aimed at clarifying the environmental literacy and environmental self-awareness of the respondents. The survey involved students from Russian universities whose educational programs include environmental management courses, environmental safety, etc. This choice of respondents is explained by the fact that this category of consumers is the most informed and most flexible in forming a pro-ecological consumer behavior pattern. The processing of the survey results carried out using nonparametric statistics due to the absence of a normal distribution of the sample for most of the studied characteristics. The results showed that environmental competence is influenced by external and internal factors that need to be coordinated in environmental education.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Svetlana Ratner
AU  - Konstantin Gomonov
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/02/15
TI  - Barriers of Consumer Behavior for the Development of the Circular Economy in Russia
BT  - Proceedings of the XV International Conference "Russian Regions in the Focus of Changes" (ICRRFC 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 136
EP  - 142
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.210213.019
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.210213.019
ID  - Ratner2021
ER  -