The Electrical and Electronic Products Consumers’ Sustainable Behaviour in the Context of Consolidating Their Fundamental Rights

In recent years, the concern for durable electrical and electronic products as well as the recovery and recycling of electrical and electronic waste has increased, simultaneously with new initiatives aimed not only at protecting the environment, but ensuring consumer’s health, while consolidating...

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Main Authors: Luiela Magdalena Csorba, Florin Văduva, Dan-Ion Gherguț
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academy of Economic Studies of Bucharest 2023-02-01
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Online Access:https://www.amfiteatrueconomic.ro/temp/Article_3172.pdf
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author Luiela Magdalena Csorba
Florin Văduva
Dan-Ion Gherguț
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Florin Văduva
Dan-Ion Gherguț
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description In recent years, the concern for durable electrical and electronic products as well as the recovery and recycling of electrical and electronic waste has increased, simultaneously with new initiatives aimed not only at protecting the environment, but ensuring consumer’s health, while consolidating their fundamental rights. The research aims to identify the factors that influence the sustainable behaviour of the Romanian consumer of electrical and electronic products. In this sense, the ecological attitude, the purchasing behaviour of these goods, and also the recovery/recycling attitude of electrical and electronic waste were taken into account. Data were collected through an online questionnaire from 421 Romanian respondents and processed with the lavaan software package version 0.6-12 of R for structural equation modelling. The novelty of the article lies in how variables such as propensity to recover/recycle, tendency of purchasing durable goods, ecological behaviour, are put in a new context, combining environmental and consumers’ protection. The research makes theoretical contributions by proposing and testing specific consumer protection constructs, which do not appear in the literature. From the environmental public policies point of view, the work highlights the factors that can contribute to the development of a responsible behaviour of both the population and public authorities, to stimulate the purchase of sustainable goods, and to ensure an increase in the collection rate of electrical and electronic products in Romania
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spelling doaj.art-f02f166f07824267b0db7ab86a7347472023-02-02T14:17:06ZengAcademy of Economic Studies of BucharestAmfiteatru Economic1582-91462247-91042023-02-01256228 4710.24818/EA/2023/62/28 The Electrical and Electronic Products Consumers’ Sustainable Behaviour in the Context of Consolidating Their Fundamental RightsLuiela Magdalena Csorba0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2817-9546Florin Văduva 1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0997-6651Dan-Ion Gherguț2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9714-5075“Aurel Vlaicu” University of Arad, Romania“Titu Maiorescu” University of Bucharest, Romania“Titu Maiorescu” University of Bucharest, RomaniaIn recent years, the concern for durable electrical and electronic products as well as the recovery and recycling of electrical and electronic waste has increased, simultaneously with new initiatives aimed not only at protecting the environment, but ensuring consumer’s health, while consolidating their fundamental rights. The research aims to identify the factors that influence the sustainable behaviour of the Romanian consumer of electrical and electronic products. In this sense, the ecological attitude, the purchasing behaviour of these goods, and also the recovery/recycling attitude of electrical and electronic waste were taken into account. Data were collected through an online questionnaire from 421 Romanian respondents and processed with the lavaan software package version 0.6-12 of R for structural equation modelling. The novelty of the article lies in how variables such as propensity to recover/recycle, tendency of purchasing durable goods, ecological behaviour, are put in a new context, combining environmental and consumers’ protection. The research makes theoretical contributions by proposing and testing specific consumer protection constructs, which do not appear in the literature. From the environmental public policies point of view, the work highlights the factors that can contribute to the development of a responsible behaviour of both the population and public authorities, to stimulate the purchase of sustainable goods, and to ensure an increase in the collection rate of electrical and electronic products in Romaniahttps://www.amfiteatrueconomic.ro/temp/Article_3172.pdfelectrical and electronic products (eep)the sustainable consumer behaviorconsumer’s rightselectrical and electronic equipment waste (weee)recycling/recovering.
spellingShingle Luiela Magdalena Csorba
Florin Văduva
Dan-Ion Gherguț
The Electrical and Electronic Products Consumers’ Sustainable Behaviour in the Context of Consolidating Their Fundamental Rights
Amfiteatru Economic
electrical and electronic products (eep)
the sustainable consumer behavior
consumer’s rights
electrical and electronic equipment waste (weee)
recycling/recovering.
title The Electrical and Electronic Products Consumers’ Sustainable Behaviour in the Context of Consolidating Their Fundamental Rights
title_full The Electrical and Electronic Products Consumers’ Sustainable Behaviour in the Context of Consolidating Their Fundamental Rights
title_fullStr The Electrical and Electronic Products Consumers’ Sustainable Behaviour in the Context of Consolidating Their Fundamental Rights
title_full_unstemmed The Electrical and Electronic Products Consumers’ Sustainable Behaviour in the Context of Consolidating Their Fundamental Rights
title_short The Electrical and Electronic Products Consumers’ Sustainable Behaviour in the Context of Consolidating Their Fundamental Rights
title_sort electrical and electronic products consumers sustainable behaviour in the context of consolidating their fundamental rights
topic electrical and electronic products (eep)
the sustainable consumer behavior
consumer’s rights
electrical and electronic equipment waste (weee)
recycling/recovering.
url https://www.amfiteatrueconomic.ro/temp/Article_3172.pdf
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