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Do Plastic Warning Labels Reduce Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for Plastic Packaging?
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This consumer economics study examined whether plastic warning labels on food packaging reduce consumers willingness to pay for labeled products, testing environmental labeling as a demand-side instrument for reducing plastic packaging use. Researchers assessed responses to labeled versus unlabeled plastic packaging across product categories. This is a marketing and food economics study focused on plastic packaging policy rather than environmental microplastic science.
Marketing, Resource/Energy Economics and Policy, Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
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