Tüketirken Davranışlarımızla Çevreyi Korumak için Neler Yapıyoruz? Nitel Bir Araştırma

Abstract

Literatürde konuyla ilgili yapılan çalışmalar, ürünlerin kullanımından sonra elden çıkarma ve atıkların bertaraf edilmesiyle ilgilidir. Bu çalışma, atık yönetimi konusuna ürünlerin elden çıkarma aşamasına ek olarak tüketim düşüncesinin başladığı andan itibaren yeniden ele almaktadır. Bu amaçla tüketimin çevre üzerindeki zararlı etkilerini azaltmaya yardımcı olan davranışları, 5R sıfır atık modeli üzerinden ele alınmaktadır. Bu çalışmada nitel araştırma desenlerinden fenomenoloji yaklaşımı kullanılmaktadır. Amaçlı örnekleme yöntemine göre Kırşehir ve Ankara illerinde yaşayan farklı demografik özellikler taşıyan toplam 20 katılımcı ile görüşülmüştür. Veriler, yüz yüze derinlemesine mülakat tekniği ile toplanmış ve MAXQDA programı ile analiz edilmiştir. Bu çalışmanın sonucunda tüketicilerin davranışları, çevreyi koruyan davranışlar teması altında yedi kategori altında toplanmıştır. Bunlar; çevreyi korumaya yönelik girişimler, çevre duyarlılığı, azaltma, yeniden kullanma, ayrıştırma, geri dönüşüm ve türeticilik davranışlarıdır. Bu kategoriler, atık yönetimi hiyerarşisi aşamalarına göre değerlendirildiğinde çevreyi korumaya yönelik girişimler ve çevre duyarlılığı reddetme aşamasına karşılık gelmektedir. Türeticilik ise reddetme ve azaltma aşamaları içerisinde değerlendirilmektedir.

Keywords

• Çevreci tüketim
• atık yönetimi
• 5R
• türeticilik
• geri gönüşüm

WHAT ARE WE DOING TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT WITH OUR BEHAVIORS WHILE CONSUMING? A QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

Abstract

The main research question of this study is about the consumer behaviors that protect the environment. The studies on the subject in the literature are about the disposal of the products after use and the disposal of waste. This study revisits the issue of waste management from the beginning of the consumption thought in addition to the disposal phase of the products. For this purpose, the behaviors that help to reduce the harmful effects of consumption on the environment are discussed through the 5R zero waste model. In this study, the phenomenology approach, one of the qualitative research designs, is used. According to the purposive sampling method, a total of 20 participants with different demographic characteristics living in the provinces of Kırşehir and Ankara were interviewed. The data were collected by face-to-face in-depth interview technique and analyzed with the MAXQDA program. As a result of this study, the behaviors of consumers were gathered under seven categories under the theme of behaviors that protect the environment. These categories are initiatives to protect the environment, environmental awareness, reduction, reuse, separation, recycling, and derivatization behaviors. When these are evaluated according to the waste management hierarchy stages, they correspond to the initiatives to protect the environment and the rejection of environmental awareness. On the other hand, prosumer is evaluated within the stages of rejection and reduction.

Keywords

• Environmental consumption
• waste management
• 5R
• prosumer
• recycling

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