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Out of sight, out of mind: Plastic waste exports, psychological distance and consumer plastic purchasing
Global Environmental Change ( IF 8.9 ) Pub Date : 2019-07-19 , DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2019.101943
Stuart J. Barnes

Per capita consumption of plastic continues to increase and remains at high levels in high-income countries, despite obvious contributions to the global problem of plastics pollution. This paper attempts to provide an explanation for this phenomenon based on construal level theory, positing that plastic waste is a problem that is perceived as “out of sight and out of mind” for consumers in high plastic consumption (typically high income) countries and that this is influenced by the export of plastic waste to other (typically lower income and lower consumption) countries for disposal – shifting the burden of mismanaged plastic waste and perceptions of plastics pollution in the countries creating the majority of plastic waste. The apparent lack of plastics pollution in a local environment becomes a mediator, influenced by the export of plastic waste, which may then contribute to further plastics consumption. The theory is tested using structural equation modelling using rare, available matched data for mismanaged plastic waste, plastic waste exports, and plastics consumption at an aggregate country level. All study hypotheses are supported. The paper concludes with recommendations for future research and practice, including potential changes to government policy aimed at reducing future plastics consumption and pollution.



中文翻译:

视而不见:废塑料出口,心理距离和消费者购买塑料

尽管对全球塑料污染问题做出了明显贡献,但人均塑料消费量仍在继续增加,并在高收入国家维持在较高水平。本文试图基于解释水平理论对这种现象进行解释,认为塑料废料是高塑料消费(通常是高收入)国家的消费者所认为的“视而不见”的问题,并且这受到向其他(通常是低收入和低消费)国家/地区出口塑料废物进行处置的影响-将管理不当的塑料废物的负担和对造成大多数塑料废物的国家的塑料污染的看法转移了下来。在当地环境下,明显缺乏塑料污染成为调解者,受到塑料废物出口的影响,然后可能会进一步消耗塑料。该理论使用结构方程模型进行了测试,该模型使用了罕见的,可用的匹配数据,用于管理不当的塑料废料,塑料废料出口以及整个国家/地区的塑料消费量。所有研究假设均得到支持。本文最后提出了对未来研究和实践的建议,包括对旨在减少未来塑料消耗和污染的政府政策的潜在改变。

更新日期:2019-07-19
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