IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/ids/ijetma/v12y2010i1p56-66.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Ecological checkout: a sustainable initiative in Curitiba, Parana, Brazil

Author

Listed:
  • Dulce M. Albach
  • R.H.M. Godoi
  • Ana Flavia L. Godoi

Abstract

Aiming to reduce environmental impacts caused by the inadequate disposal of packing residues, the 'Ecological check-out' was created in a supermarket in Curitiba, Brazil. Consumers were encouraged to: voluntarily discard plastic and/or paper involucres immediately after their purchases anticipating the packing disposal; bring their own bags, looking for the minimisation of plastic bags' use. A questionnaire was applied among 350 costumers, whose majority chose the 'Ecological check-out' as their first option. Nevertheless, interviews showed that social level or education degree were not automatically associated to consumer's environmental conduct. In 52 days, 3212 packing units were discarded.

Suggested Citation

  • Dulce M. Albach & R.H.M. Godoi & Ana Flavia L. Godoi, 2010. "Ecological checkout: a sustainable initiative in Curitiba, Parana, Brazil," International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 12(1), pages 56-66.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijetma:v:12:y:2010:i:1:p:56-66
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=29980
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:ids:ijetma:v:12:y:2010:i:1:p:56-66. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sarah Parker (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=11 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.