Purchase Intentions for Brazilian Recycled PET Products—Circular Economy Opportunities
Circular economy involves structural changes in traditional business models and consumers’ behavior toward recycled products. The recycling of PET products is increasing but there is still a gap between consumption and demand for PET packaging in Brazil. In this research, waste reduction was examine...
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| author | Fernanda Cristina Barbosa Pereira Queiroz Nilton Cesar Lima Christian Luiz da Silva Jamerson Viegas Queiroz Gustavo Henrique Silva de Souza |
| author_facet | Fernanda Cristina Barbosa Pereira Queiroz Nilton Cesar Lima Christian Luiz da Silva Jamerson Viegas Queiroz Gustavo Henrique Silva de Souza |
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| description | Circular economy involves structural changes in traditional business models and consumers’ behavior toward recycled products. The recycling of PET products is increasing but there is still a gap between consumption and demand for PET packaging in Brazil. In this research, waste reduction was examined under a projective scenario to the current ecological purposes in Brazil for reducing environmental pollution. In that manner, this paper aimed to comprehend the intention to purchase recycled PET products of Brazilian consumers. With a non-probabilistic and convenience sample, the study counts 422 participants. The method employed was based on structural equation modelling and partial least Squares, used to test the hypotheses of causality among the variables. Results showed the perception of low quality about recycled products reduced consumers’ intention to purchase. Additionally, the sustainability of recycled products positively influenced the intention to purchase. In addition, recycled products presented a negative impact on the perceived safety, which could influence the purchase of recycled products in Brazil. We conclude that the image that Brazilian consumers have about recycled products positively affects the intention to purchase. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5605dc221d0e4ad8b481d279c40ab7b72023-11-23T10:21:32ZengMDPI AGRecycling2313-43212021-11-01647510.3390/recycling6040075Purchase Intentions for Brazilian Recycled PET Products—Circular Economy OpportunitiesFernanda Cristina Barbosa Pereira Queiroz0Nilton Cesar Lima1Christian Luiz da Silva2Jamerson Viegas Queiroz3Gustavo Henrique Silva de Souza4Department of Production Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal 59064-720, BrazilFaculty of Accounting Sciences, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia 38408-100, BrazilSchool of Management and Economics, Federal University of Technology–Paraná, Curitiba 80230-901, BrazilDepartment of Production Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal 59064-720, BrazilFederal Institute of North of Minas Gerais, Teófilo Otoni 39800-430, BrazilCircular economy involves structural changes in traditional business models and consumers’ behavior toward recycled products. The recycling of PET products is increasing but there is still a gap between consumption and demand for PET packaging in Brazil. In this research, waste reduction was examined under a projective scenario to the current ecological purposes in Brazil for reducing environmental pollution. In that manner, this paper aimed to comprehend the intention to purchase recycled PET products of Brazilian consumers. With a non-probabilistic and convenience sample, the study counts 422 participants. The method employed was based on structural equation modelling and partial least Squares, used to test the hypotheses of causality among the variables. Results showed the perception of low quality about recycled products reduced consumers’ intention to purchase. Additionally, the sustainability of recycled products positively influenced the intention to purchase. In addition, recycled products presented a negative impact on the perceived safety, which could influence the purchase of recycled products in Brazil. We conclude that the image that Brazilian consumers have about recycled products positively affects the intention to purchase.https://www.mdpi.com/2313-4321/6/4/75recycled PET productscircular economyintention to purchase |
| spellingShingle | Fernanda Cristina Barbosa Pereira Queiroz Nilton Cesar Lima Christian Luiz da Silva Jamerson Viegas Queiroz Gustavo Henrique Silva de Souza Purchase Intentions for Brazilian Recycled PET Products—Circular Economy Opportunities Recycling recycled PET products circular economy intention to purchase |
| title | Purchase Intentions for Brazilian Recycled PET Products—Circular Economy Opportunities |
| title_full | Purchase Intentions for Brazilian Recycled PET Products—Circular Economy Opportunities |
| title_fullStr | Purchase Intentions for Brazilian Recycled PET Products—Circular Economy Opportunities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Purchase Intentions for Brazilian Recycled PET Products—Circular Economy Opportunities |
| title_short | Purchase Intentions for Brazilian Recycled PET Products—Circular Economy Opportunities |
| title_sort | purchase intentions for brazilian recycled pet products circular economy opportunities |
| topic | recycled PET products circular economy intention to purchase |
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