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1、AnAnalysisoftheImpactofChargingforPlasticShoppingBagstoRetailersinJapanShigezoShukuya1,KosukeToshiki2andShoichiKunikane21.GraduateSchoolofNutritionalandEnvironmentalSciences,UniversityofShizuoka,Shizuoka422-8526,Japan2.InstituteforEnvironmentalSciences,UniversityofShizuoka,Shizuoka422-8526
2、,JapanReceived:July20,2011/Accepted:August31,2011/Published:February20,2012.Abstract:InaccordancewitharevisionoftheContainersandPackagingRecyclingLaw,thereisanacceleratingtrendtowardschargingforplasticshoppingbags(PSBs)inJapanforthepurposeofreducingtheirdischarge.Theobjectivesofthisresearc
3、hweretogauge,bymeansofaquestionnairesurvey,theopinionsofretailerswithregardtochargingforPSBs,andtoconsiderfuturedirectionsforreducingthequantityofwaste37discharged.AquestionnairesurveyonchargingforPSBswasconductedforretailstoresinShizuokaCity.Thesurveywascarriedoutintwophases.Theresultsoft
4、hefirstphase(AugusttoOctober2008)showedthatsupermarketsweregenerallypositive,whileconverselyotherretailertypeswerenegative.Theresultsofthesecondphase(NovembertoDecember,2010),targetingonlysupermarketsthathadintroducedchargingafterthefirstsurvey,showedthattherewasnomajorconfusionandtheshift
5、proceededrelativelysmoothly.Inaddition,thenumberofcustomersdidnotdeclineonaccountofcharging,andtheratioofshoppersbringingtheirownreusable“ecobags”jumpeddramatically.Ontheseaccounts,itisevidentthatchargingforPSBsisaneffectivemeansofreducingusageofPSBs.Theauthorsviewitasimportantforthereleva
6、ntgovernmentalagenciestoworktowardspromotingchargingatretailersandsimultaneouslyrepeatedlyexplainingtoconsumersthenecessityforcharging.Keywords:Chargingforplasticshoppingbags,37questionnairesurvey,retailers’attitudesurvey,ContainersandPackagingRecyclingLaw.1.Introduction??Thehigh-levelecon
7、omicdevelopmentinJapansincethe1970shasspurredonlifestylechangessuchastheemergenceofsupermarketsandconveniencestores,theentryofwomenintosociety,andtheoutsourcingofhousekeeping.Theselifestylechangescombinedwiththe“throw-awayera”ofmassproduction,massconsumption,a
