China News Service, Beijing, July 14 (Reporter Ruan Yulin) The Ministry of Ecology and Environment's Environmental and Economic Policy Research Center released the Survey Report on Citizen Eco-Environmental Behavior (2020) in Beijing on the 14th, showing that the public highly recognizes the importance of green consumption However, only 50% of the respondents often achieve green consumption, and the degree of practice is relatively low.
93.3% of the respondents said that the practice of green consumption is very important for the protection of the ecological environment, but only 57.6% of the respondents believe that they have done a good job, and there is a big gap between green consumption awareness and behavior.
The report shows that in specific practice, various green consumption behaviors are not ideal. The public has done a relatively good job by buying less disposable items, and the number of people who often do "bring your own shopping bags instead of plastic bags" and "don't order disposable tableware when ordering" accounts for 48.4% and 44.6%, respectively. ; Followed by "renovation and utilization of idle items or exchange donations", the number of people who often achieve more than 40%; the relatively poor performance is the purchase of green products.
The survey shows that the public believes that the purchase of green products is important for the protection of the ecological environment, but the actual practice is relatively low. The public believes that the purchase and use of disposable items is important to protect the ecological environment, but the actual practice is relatively low. 84.6% and 88.4% of the respondents respectively believe that "don't order disposable tableware when ordering food" and "bring your own shopping bag when shopping" are important to protect the ecological environment, but the number of respondents who often practice these two behaviors account for It is relatively low, only 44.6% and 48.4%.
As for the factors that hinder the public from purchasing green products, the survey report believes that the inability to identify green products and the lack of product quality are the main reasons that hinder the public from purchasing green products. At the same time, product price and type factors also affect public purchases. More than half of the respondents believe that the main reasons that hinder their purchase of green products are "I don't know which are green products and lack of recommended information" and "Market management is not in place and the quality of green products is not guaranteed."
The Environmental and Economic Policy Research Center of the Ministry of Eco-Environment has been tracking and evaluating the status of citizens’ eco-environmental behavior every year since 2019, and has released an annual survey report. (Finish)