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2014 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

5. Consumption Behaviour of Shopping Bags and Eco-Impact

verfasst von : Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu, Yi Li

Erschienen in: Assessment of Environmental Impact by Grocery Shopping Bags

Verlag: Springer Singapore

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Abstract

Consumption behaviour plays a vital role in deciding the eco-impact made by consumer products. In the life cycle assessment, consumer behaviour plays a key role in deciding the potential impacts from gate to grave stages. Consumption behaviour lies purely in the hands of consumers and it is mainly driven by the functionality and ecological properties of a particular product.

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Metadaten
Titel
Consumption Behaviour of Shopping Bags and Eco-Impact
verfasst von
Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu
Yi Li
Copyright-Jahr
2014
Verlag
Springer Singapore
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4560-20-7_5