Sustainable food policy tools: a deposit for PET bottles and a charge for wasted food – a study in Poland

Dobrosława Mruk-Tomczak, Anna Zielińska-Chmielewska, Anna Wielicka-Regulska and Bogdan Sojkin

Ekonomista, 2024, issue 4, 375-394

Abstract: This article assesses the social acceptability of two food policy tools, viz. a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle deposit scheme, and a wasted food charge. First, a systematic literature review on regulatory and market tools was conducted. Next, a quantitative survey was carried out among food consumers residing in the municipality of Poznań Poland in 2022. To deepen the analysis, the quantitative survey was supplemented with interviews with experts. The analysis of the quantitative data revealed that women have a statistically significantly higher acceptance for both instruments than men. Acceptance for the PET bottle deposit is highest among younger respondents and those with higher education, while acceptance for the introduction of a wasted food charge was highest among older respondents and rural dwellers. The experts pointed out both the benefits and the risks associated with implementing these instruments, and emphasised the need to adapt educational and regulatory strategies to diverse demographic and socio-economic groups.

Keywords: Poland; market-based food policy tools; sustainable and environmentally friendly food consumption; deposit for PET bottles; charge for wasted food (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E61 H41 O44 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://ekonomista.pte.pl/pdf-190560-116012 Full text (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:aoq:ekonom:y:2024:i:4:p:375-394

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Ekonomista from Polskie Towarzystwo Ekonomiczne Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Tomasz Kwarcinski ().