Plastic bags: a question of changing habits

• Autor(a) principal: Lorenzett, Juliana Benitti
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Outros Autores: Rizzatti, Cláudia Bach, Lorenzett, Daniel Benitti, Godoy, Leoni Pentiado
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Monografias Ambientais
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufsm.br/remoa/article/view/7725
• topic: Disposable plastic bags; Pollution; Reusable bags; Sacolas plásticas descartáveis; Poluição; Sacolas retornáveis

This study aimed to conduct a review about of the use and disposal of plastic bags, checking in the existing literature that has been studied and the current status of this environmental problem, besides conducting a survey with customers in a supermarket to check the involvement of the community with the adoption of reusable bags. A bibliographic search was conducted by internet, and is considered therefore works available online. The study survey was given to the customers of a supermarket in the city of Santa Maria, RS. The results showed that the interest in researching this topic is recent, and there is still a long way to achieve at a consensus on the use and disposal of plastic bags. The survey work showed also that people are aware of the importance of replacing the traditional plastic bags, however, the most of them have not yet acceded to the use of alternative packaging.