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Article Tier 2

Impact of Green Advertising and Packaging on Purchase Decisions via Green Perceived Value

This paper is not about microplastics; it studies how green advertising and eco-friendly packaging influence consumer purchasing decisions for bubble tea beverages in Indonesia, using marketing theory.

2024 Ilomata International Journal of Social Science 2 citations
Systematic Review Tier 1

A Systematic Review of Consumer Perception: Factors Affecting Green Shopping Bags

This systematic review examines what drives consumers to choose reusable shopping bags over plastic ones. Understanding these factors helps reduce plastic bag waste at the source, which is important because plastic bags are a major contributor to microplastic pollution as they break down in the environment.

2023 International Journal of Applied Engineering and Management Letters 7 citations
Systematic Review Tier 1

Drivers of green purchasing behaviour: a systematic review and a research agenda

This systematic review of 41 studies found that environmental concern, health consciousness, social influence, and perceived value are the strongest drivers of green purchasing behavior. While not directly about microplastics, the findings are relevant to understanding what motivates consumers to choose plastic-free or reduced-plastic products.

2023 F1000Research 14 citations
Article Tier 2

Sustainability Practices: Implementing Green Marketing through Eco-Friendly Packaging to Minimize Negative Impacts on the Environment (Case Study: PT. Sinar Sosro Ungaran)

This case study examined green marketing practices and eco-friendly packaging implementation at PT Sinar Sosro Ungaran, analyzing how sustainable packaging strategies reduce microplastic pollution and greenhouse gas emissions while maintaining business viability.

2025 International Journal of Management, Business and Social Sciences.
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The Relationship Between Green Marketing Mix and Purchasing Decisions: The Role of Brand Image as Mediator

This study examined the relationship between green marketing mix elements and consumer purchasing decisions, finding that environmental messaging around product, price, place, and promotion influences buying behavior. The results suggest green marketing strategies can help align business practices with environmental sustainability goals.

2023 Advances in economics, business and management research/Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research 17 citations
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A Study On Creating Awareness Of Plastic Usage To Promote Sustainable Practices For A Greener Future

This study examines educational interventions and awareness campaigns aimed at reducing plastic consumption and promoting sustainable practices, evaluating their effectiveness in shifting public attitudes and behaviors toward a lower-plastic future.

2025 International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
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Sustainable Marketing and the Challenges of Green Marketing Communication: Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Buying Behaviour for Sustainable Products in the Czech Republic

Not relevant to microplastics — this survey examines Czech consumer attitudes toward sustainable products, exploring the gap between professed environmental values and actual purchasing behavior, and the challenges of green marketing communication.

2024 WSB Journal of Business and Finance 3 citations
Article Tier 2

Mi̇kroplasti̇klere Yöneli̇k Tüketi̇ci̇ Tepki̇leri̇: Bi̇r Uluslararasi Pazar Araştirmasi

Researchers investigated consumer attitudes toward products containing microplastics and their effects on social responsibility, purchase intention, and sustainable consumption intention among 93 participants in Austria using structural equation modeling. The findings link consumer awareness of microplastic content to measurable shifts in purchasing behavior and sustainability-oriented intentions.

2024 Uluslararası Anadolu Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi
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The Impacts of Environmental Knowledge on Aqua Product Purchase: The Role of Environmental Concerns

Researchers examined how environmental knowledge and environmental concerns influence bottled water purchasing behavior among residents of Bandung, Indonesia, focusing on the Aqua brand as a proxy for plastic-packaged aqua products. Results indicate that stronger environmental awareness correlates with altered purchase decisions, highlighting the role of consumer education in reducing plastic consumption.

2024 Journal of System and Management Sciences
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Plastic Policies and Initiatives of International Coffee Chains

This study examined the plastic reduction policies of major international coffee chains and found significant variability in commitment and action. Some chains have made meaningful pledges to reduce single-use plastics while others lag behind. The research highlights that corporate policy is a critical but underexplored lever for reducing plastic pollution at scale.

2023
Systematic Review Tier 1

A Systematic Review of Sustainable Sportwear Consumption in Indonesia : Trend and Future Direction

Despite its classification in this database, this systematic review examines sustainable sportswear consumption trends in Indonesia — not microplastic research. Indonesian consumers are gradually shifting toward eco-friendly products, but barriers including limited awareness, higher costs, and low market penetration of sustainable brands persist.

2024 International Journal of Social Service and Research
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Predicting green product consumption using theory of planned behavior and reasoned action

Researchers applied the theory of planned behavior to investigate how environmental awareness and social influence predict consumer intentions to use reusable bags, finding that these factors significantly shape green purchasing behavior in a plastic waste reduction context.

2020 Management Science Letters 61 citations
Article Tier 2

Green Marketing, Lifestyle, and the Purchase Intention of Bottled Water among Generation Z

This study analyzed how green marketing and lifestyle factors influence Generation Z consumers' intention to purchase bottled water. Bottled water is a major source of microplastic exposure, as plastic bottles shed particles into the liquid inside over time.

2023 East Asian Journal of Multidisciplinary Research 1 citations
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Investigating Employee Green Behavior through Perceived Organizational Support for the Environment in the Hotel Industry

This paper is not relevant to microplastics; it studies how organizational support for environmental practices influences employees' green behaviors in Bangladeshi hotels.

2023 Business Perspective Review 6 citations
Article Tier 2

Environmental Attitudes and Consumer Preference for Environmentally-friendly Beverage Packaging: the Role of Information Provision and Identity Labeling in Influencing Consumer Behavior

Researchers found that consumers are willing to pay a premium for beverages in environmentally friendly packaging made from post-consumer recycled materials, with environmental information labels and green identity claims having synergistic effects on willingness to pay.

2023 Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering 10 citations
Article Tier 2

Investigation the Influence of Green Brand Knowledge and Attitude towards Green Brands on Purchase Intention Corkcicle: The Mediating Role of Brand Equity

Researchers investigated how green brand knowledge and attitudes toward eco-friendly brands influence purchase intention for Corkcicle reusable tumblers among environmentally conscious Gen Z consumers, with brand equity serving as a mediating variable in the sustainable consumer behavior model.

2025 Asian Journal of Management Analytics
Article Tier 2

Relationship between Brand Awareness and Customer Loyalty in Bangladesh

Researchers surveyed 150 customers in Bangladesh to examine how brand awareness influences loyalty in the fish feed industry. They identified three key categories of brand awareness factors and found that marketing programs had the strongest impact on brand recognition. The study confirmed a strong positive association between brand awareness and customer loyalty, though its relevance to microplastic or environmental research is tangential.

2023 Journal of Knowledge Learning and Science Technology ISSN 2959-6386 (online) 6 citations
Article Tier 2

The Strategy To Increase The Purchase Intention Of Unpacked Products

This marketing study examined consumer intentions to purchase unpackaged refill products as a green purchasing behavior. Reducing plastic packaging is a key strategy for decreasing the plastic waste that eventually breaks down into environmental microplastics.

2023 Jurnal Manajemen
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Development of a New Conceptual Model: Consumers’ Purchase Intention towards Eco-friendly Bags

This paper is not about microplastics; it proposes a consumer behavior model to understand factors influencing purchase intentions toward eco-friendly bags as a plastic reduction strategy.

2023 International Journal of Management Technology and Social Sciences 7 citations
Article Tier 2

Hiện tượng tẩy xanh trong ngành đồ uống và thời trang nhanh

This short Vietnamese commentary introduces the concept of greenwashing in the beverage and fast fashion industries, where companies exaggerate or misrepresent their environmental efforts to attract eco-conscious consumers. The abstract text is limited and does not contain full research findings.

2023 1 citations
Article Tier 2

Analysis of Students' Sustainability Awareness of the Environment

This paper is not relevant to microplastics research — it assesses the environmental sustainability awareness of high school students in West Java, Indonesia, using a descriptive quantitative educational research approach.

2023 Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan IPA 9 citations
Article Tier 2

Mezcla de mercadotecnia aplicada a la reducción de desechos plásticos

This paper applies marketing mix principles to behavior change strategies aimed at reducing plastic waste, examining how communication and incentive design can shift consumer choices. Marketing strategies that promote plastic reduction can decrease the amount of plastic that eventually enters environments and fragments into microplastics.

2023 Aibi revista de investigación administración e ingeniería
Article Tier 2

Analysis of intention to purchase environmentally friendly packaging in the city of Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

Despite its title referencing environmentally friendly packaging, this paper is a consumer behavior survey studying what factors drive Brazilians to intend to buy eco-friendly packaging — not original research on microplastic pollution or its effects. It examines environmental concern and personal values as predictors of purchasing decisions and is not directly relevant to microplastic contamination or human health.

2025 Revista de Gestão Ambiental e Sustentabilidade 1 citations
Systematic Review Tier 1

A Systematic Review On Consumer Behavior toward Plastic Consumption In Asian Countries

This systematic review summarizes research on consumer attitudes and behaviors toward plastic use across Asian countries. Understanding what drives people to use or avoid plastic products is important for reducing microplastic pollution at its source, since everyday plastic consumption is the upstream cause of the microplastic contamination found in our food, water, and bodies.

2021 ADVANCES IN BUSINESS RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL 6 citations