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Sustainable Choices: Understanding Gen Z’s Attitude and Intentions towards Green Products

Researchers surveyed consumers including Generation Z and higher-educated adults to examine how environmental concern, green product expectations, awareness of consequences, responsibility attribution, and personal norms jointly shape attitudes and purchase intentions toward eco-friendly products. The structural model reveals that personal norms and attitude are the strongest proximal predictors of sustainable purchasing behavior.

2025 Journal of Informatics Education and Research
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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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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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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
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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
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Determinants of Green Purchase Intention for Personal Care Products: An Extended TPB Study in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Researchers surveyed 385 urban consumers in Colombo, Sri Lanka to understand what drives green purchasing intentions for personal care products using an extended Theory of Planned Behavior model. Environmental knowledge, health consciousness, and positive attitudes were the strongest predictors of green purchase intent, while price sensitivity was the main barrier.

2025 Sri Lanka Journal of Management Studies
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Why do consumers buy paper bags? The Impact of Habit, Consumer Awareness and Sustainability as Drivers of Environmentally Responsible Consumer Behavior

Researchers surveyed 252 Indonesian consumers using Structural Equation Modeling to examine how sustainability values, consumer awareness dimensions, and habitual behavior drive environmentally responsible purchasing decisions such as choosing paper bags. Results showed significant positive relationships between all three drivers and responsible consumer behavior, emphasizing personal agency and habitual action as key levers for promoting green choices.

2023 The Es Economics and Entrepreneurship 5 citations
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Why do consumers buy recycled shoes? An amalgamation of the theory of reasoned action and the theory of planned behaviour

Researchers found that consumers' intentions to buy recycled footwear are shaped by environmental knowledge, sustainable label awareness, and social norms, with actual purchase behavior further driven by sustainable labeling and word-of-mouth, offering guidance for circular economy marketing.

2022 Frontiers in Environmental Science 30 citations
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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
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Consumption Value Dimension of Green Purchase Intention with Green Trust as Mediating Variable

This study examined how sustainability concerns about packaging and microplastic waste influence consumers' intentions to purchase green cosmetics, using Garnier's Green Beauty campaign as a case study. Green trust was found to mediate the relationship between environmental values and purchase intention. Consumer awareness of microplastics in cosmetics is increasingly driving demand for cleaner product formulations.

2022 SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología 5 citations
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Effect Of Environmental Concern, Attitude, Subjective Norms, Perceived Behavioral Control And Availability On Purchase Of Green Skincare Products With Intention To Purchase As A Mediation Variable

Researchers found that environmental concern, attitude, and perceived behavioral control positively influenced consumers' intention to purchase green skincare products in Jakarta, with purchase intention serving as a significant mediator between these factors and actual buying behavior.

2022 Jurnal Ilmiah Manajemen dan Bisnis 20 citations
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The influence of attitude on green-cosmetics purchase intention (pi) in central Kerala

Researchers surveyed 387 consumers of green cosmetics across three districts in Kerala, India, using a Structural Equation Model (SEM) to assess how environmental knowledge, environmental concerns, subjective norms, online accessibility, and greenwashing perceptions influence purchase intention for eco-friendly cosmetic products.

2024 THE SCIENTIFIC TEMPER
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Determinants of Finnish consumers’ purchase intention for eco-friendly jute bags as an alternative to plastic

Researchers examined the determinants of Finnish consumers' purchase intention for eco-friendly jute bags as an alternative to single-use plastics, applying the Theory of Planned Behavior and finding that environmental concern, perceived consumer effectiveness, and subjective norms significantly influence purchasing decisions.

2025 Theseus (Ammattikorkeakoulujen)
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How Does Corporate ESG Management Affect Consumers’ Brand Choice?

Researchers examined how corporate ESG management affects consumer brand choice, finding that environmental, social, and governance practices influence purchasing decisions and can support sustainable business growth despite additional costs.

2023 Sustainability 59 citations
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Green Cosmetics in Indonesia: Unraveling Attitude-behavior Gap and Gender Moderation

Researchers examined the attitude-behavior gap in green cosmetics purchasing among 310 Indonesian consumers using Structural Equation Modeling, analyzing the relationships among attitudes, environmental consciousness, behavioral control, subjective norms, product knowledge, purchase intention, and actual behavior, with gender as a moderating variable. The study found that positive attitudes toward green cosmetics do not consistently translate into purchasing behavior, and identified gender as a significant moderator in this relationship.

2023 Jurnal Aplikasi Manajemen 3 citations
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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
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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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Towards sustainable purchase: the effect of social responsibility, innovativeness and knowledge of natural cosmetics purchasing consumers’ intentions

Researchers applied an extended theory of planned behaviour framework to survey data from Ukraine and Poland, using structural equation modelling to examine how social responsibility, consumer innovativeness, and knowledge shape purchasing intentions for natural cosmetics.

2024 Economics and Environment 1 citations
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Do attitude towards behavior, subjective norms, and perceived control behavior matter on environmentally friendly plastic purchasing intention?

This study investigated whether attitude toward behavior, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control predict consumer intention to purchase environmentally friendly plastic products, using questionnaire data collected via social media platforms. The findings provide empirical support for the Theory of Planned Behavior as a framework for understanding sustainable plastic purchasing decisions.

2024 International Journal of Management and Sustainability 1 citations
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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
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Environmental Awareness of Generations and Sustainable Product Development: The Way towards a Green Future

Researchers surveyed 427 residents of the Northern Great Plain region of Hungary to examine generational and gender differences in environmental awareness, focusing on Generation Z compared to Generations X and Y. Generation Z ranked selective waste collection and reduced plastic use highly on a Likert scale, with women showing stronger pro-environmental orientations than men within the cohort.

2024 Táplálkozásmarketing
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Trends in the Fashion Industry. The Perception of Sustainability and Circular Economy: A Gender/Generation Quantitative Approach

This study surveyed consumer perceptions of sustainability and circular economy concepts in the fashion industry across gender and generational groups, finding significant differences in awareness and willingness to adopt sustainable purchasing behaviors.

2020 Sustainability 484 citations
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Social Class and Private-Sphere Green Behavior in China: The Mediating Effects of Perceived Status and Environmental Concern

Researchers examined how social class influences private green behavior in China, finding that perceived social status and environmental concern partially mediate the relationship between objective class position and environmentally friendly actions at home. The study suggests status signaling plays a meaningful role in motivating sustainable consumption.

2023 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 11 citations
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Examining the Relationship Between Label Awareness and Eco-Consciousness in Clothing Consumption

Researchers surveyed 102 Singaporean consumers on eco-label familiarity, knowledge, and eco-consciousness in the clothing industry, finding that while female consumers reported significantly higher eco-consciousness than males, label familiarity and knowledge did not differ by gender. A small but significant positive correlation between label familiarity and eco-consciousness was identified, while the attitude-behavior gap in sustainable fashion remained persistent.

2025 International Journal of Economics and Management Studies