Consumer attitudes towards household waste with medicinal intended use

Authors

  • Mateusz Śliwa Koło Naukowe Ekonomistów Interkreator, 2Studenckie Koło Naukowe Zrównoważonego Rozwoju, Instytut Nauk Rolniczych, Ochrony i Kształtowania Środowiska, Kolegium Nauk Przyrodniczych Uniwersytet Rzeszowski
  • Natalia Miazga Koło Naukowe Ekonomistów Interkreator, 2Studenckie Koło Naukowe Zrównoważonego Rozwoju, Instytut Nauk Rolniczych, Ochrony i Kształtowania Środowiska, Kolegium Nauk Przyrodniczych Uniwersytet Rzeszowski

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15584/pjsd.2020.24.2.11

Keywords:

waste management, consumer, hazardous waste, pharmaceutical waste, questionnaire

Abstract

Many factors currently contribute to the high average annual cost of managing hazardous waste from the pharmaceutical group. The environmental costs of their presence in ecosystems are also rising. Consumers as integral market participants, through their attitudes, fit into the process of widely understood waste management for medicinal purposes. Description presents the essence and the most important determinants related to domestic waste of this group. The desk research method was used and a questionnaire survey was carried out on consumer attitudes towards domestic waste for medicinal purposes.

Published

2020-12-31

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