EFFECT OF DESIGN ON THE DECISION OF CONSUMERS TO REUSE PACKAGING IN REDUCTION OF SOLID WASTE

Yıl 2023, Cilt: 1 Sayı: 1, 36 - 50, 05.06.2023

Tolga Erkan

Öz

Solid waste caused by single-use plastic packaging is a severe global problem due to the increasing population and consequent consumption. Remarkably, most of the packaging produced from plastic turns into a large amount of solid waste. Plastic solid wastes pollute the soil, water, and air necessary for the life of all living things. Plastic products, like metal and glass, cannot be recycled continuously. This study aims to reveal the factors and benefits that enable consumers to reuse the packaging after using a product. In addition, the importance of international cooperation in increasing consumers' environmental awareness, teaching the importance of living in a clean and healthy environment, the competence of recycling centers in recycling plastic packaging, and the preparation and implementation of environmental laws are mentioned. The most effective and economical way to prevent the solid waste problem caused by plastic packaging at the very beginning is to ensure packaging reuse with a convenient packaging design. In addition, increasing the knowledge and experience of consumers in the reuse of plastic packaging, improving society's values that the packaging is not garbage, and informing about how the packaging can be reused in packaging design will increase the number and duration of packaging reuse. In addition, businesses should be given financial support by governments to reuse their packaging and should be encouraged to prioritize returnable glass packaging. However, companies should be held responsible when they produce solid waste with their packaging, and various judicial and administrative penalties and sanctions should be applied. In order to increase environmental awareness, artists should create their works from used packaging by addressing the environmental pollution caused by packaging in their artworks.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Packaging design, packaging reuse, single-use plastic packaging, plastic solid waste, environmental awareness, sustainable consumption.

KATI ATIKLARIN AZALTILMASINDA TASARIMIN TÜKETİCİLERİN AMBALAJI YENİDEN KULLANMASI KARARINA ETKİSİ

Öz

Artan nüfus ve buna bağlı olarak artan tüketim sebebiyle tek kullanımlık plastik ambalajların sebep olduğu katı atıklar ciddi bir küresel sorun oluşturmaktadır. Özellikle plastikten üretilen ambalajların çoğu büyük miktarda katı atığa dönüşmektedir. Plastik katı atıklar tüm canlıların yaşamları için gerekli olan toprağı, suyu ve havayı kirletmektedir. Plastik ürünler metal ve cam gibi sürekli geri dönüştürülememektedir. Bu çalışmada tüketicilerin bir ürünü kullandıktan sonra ambalajın tekrar kullanılmasını sağlayan etkenleri ve faydalarını ortaya araştırılmaktır. Ayrıca, tüketicilerin çevreye duyarlılıklarının arttırılması, temiz ve sağlıklı bir çevrede yaşamanın öneminin öğretilmesi, geri dönüşüm merkezlerinin plastik ambalajları geri dönüşümdeki yeterlilikleri ve çevreci yasaların hazırlanıp uygulanmasında uluslararası işbirliğinin önemine değinilmektedir. Plastik ambalajların neden olduğu katı atık problemini işin en başında önlemenin en etkili ve ekonomik yolu kullanışlı ambalaj tasarımıyla ambalajın yeniden kullanımının sağlanmasıyla yapılır. Buna ek olarak plastik ambalajların tekrar kullanılmasında tüketicilerin bilgi ve tecrübelerinin arttırılması, ambalajların çöp olmadığı konusunda toplumun değerlerinin geliştirilmesi ve ambalaj tasarımında ambalajın nasıl yeniden kullanılabileceği konusunda bilgilendirmeler ambalajın yeniden kullanım sayı ve süresini arttıracaktır. Ayrıca, işletmelere ambalajlarını yeniden kullanma konusunda devletler tarafından finansal destekler verilmeli ve depozitolu cam ambalajlara öncelik vermeleri için teşvik edilmelidirler. Bununla birlikte, işletmelere ambalajlarıyla katı atık ürettiklerinde sorumlu tutularak çeşitli yaptırımlar uygulanmalıdır. Çevreci farkındalığın arttırılmasında sanatçılar eserlerinde plastik ambalajların neden olduğu çevre kirliliğini ele alarak eserlerini kullanılmış ambalajlardan üretmektedirler.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Ambalaj tasarımı, ambalajın yeniden kullanımı, tek kullanımlık plastik ambalaj, plastik katı atık, çevre bilinci, sürdürülebilir tüketim.

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