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Exploring consumer awareness and attitudes towards eco-friendly packaging among undergraduate students in Korea

  • Quedahm Chin;Seungjee Hong
    • Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
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    • v.50 no.4
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    • pp.697-711
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    • 2023
  • The global waste crisis has been escalating and its consequent impact on soil, water, air pollution, and eventually climate change acceleration has shed light on the importance of reducing waste. Amidst COVID-19 and the following surge in single-use plastics for food delivery, waste generation is on the incline. Companies and governments have embarked on developing various eco-friendly packaging technologies, but their effectiveness on the consumers is vague as definitions of eco-friendly packaging are vague, and research on its link to purchase intention remains scarce. Thus, the adoption of eco-friendly packaging has been slow. To address this issue, this study analyzes the awareness and purchase intention of four visual attributes of eco-friendly packaging-material, verbal statement, eco-label, and color-along with the environmental consciousness among undergraduate university students in Korea through online surveys and the ordered logit regression model. The study distinguished the attributes into evidence-based and conjectural categories. The findings revealed that eco-friendly visual attributes had a positive effect on purchase intention amongst undergraduate students in Korea; however the level of environmental consciousness had marginal effect on the purchase intention of eco-friendly visual attributes. The level of effectiveness also varied with each visual element. Analyses revealed that visual attributes to eco-friendly material had marginal effect on purchase intention; color was deemed not an "Eco-friendly attribute" by most students, and although eco-friendly labels were deemed as an eco-friendly attribute, trust in the labels varied according to environmental consciousness. These findings have implications for businesses and policymakers aiming to promote eco-friendly consumption within packaged food products.

Corporate Social Responsibility and Activities through Eco-friendly Packaging (친환경 포장을 통한 기업의 사회적 책임과 활동)

  • Kim, Minjeong;Lee, Kangdae
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF PACKAGING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.51-57
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    • 2014
  • Due to increasing consume market, corporate social responsibility and activity have been required to increase also. Corporate social responsibility is defined self-regulation for public profit such as dignity of human and eco-friendly contrary to it focus on making profit first before. In this study, promoting awareness the need for eco-friendly packaging by divided corporate and consumer and introducing the concept of corporate social responsibility. In addition investigated case analysis of domestic and foreign companies's activities of eco-friendly packaging currently. Based on this, proposed the reason that companies should do eco-friendly packaging for fulfill companies do their social responsibility.

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Development of Cosmetic Packaging for Cream Formulation with Easy Separation and Discharge (분리배출이 용이한 크림제형용 화장품 패키징 개발)

  • Sang Kyu Ryu;Ho Sang Kang;Jae Young Oh
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF PACKAGING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.73-78
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    • 2023
  • The cosmetics industry faces a significant challenge in addressing the decreased recycling rate of cosmetic containers due to the composite materials used to meet consumers' aesthetic satisfaction. To address thees issues, eco-friendly packaging solutions such as refill packaging and single-material use have been developed. However, the market for eco-friendly cosmetics packaging requires a product that meets consumers' demands for aesthetics, sensitivity, and eco-friendliness while also performing as well as existing products. This study presents a solution to the challenge of the decreased recycling rate of cosmetic containers by developing a new cosmetic packaging product for cream formulations. The product features an easily separable and dischargeable internal refill container, while maintaining the design aesthetics of the external container. Through various tests, the product was shown to be of equivalent quality and performance to existing cream cosmetic packaging, with no leakage or defects observed. Furthermore, the use of a single-material polypropylene refill container is expected to contribute to the improvement of the plastic recycling rate.