Consumer Attitudes To Packaging


FAO report: Global Food Losses and Food Waste. May 2011

Roughly one third of the food produced in the world for human consumption every year — approximately 1.3 billion tonnes — gets lost or wasted, according to this FAO-commissioned study.

In developing countries the problem is chiefly one of inadequate harvest techniques, poor post-harvest management and logistics, lack of suitable infrastructure, processing and packaging, and lack of marketing information which would allow production to better match demand. 

In middle- and high-income countries food losses and waste stem largely from consumer behaviour but also from lack of communication between different actors in the supply chain.

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Thomson Reuters report: Convenience vs. Conscience - Food Packaging in the 21st Century. April 2011

This report explores the food packaging industry to identify its trends and drivers. The analysis assesses the state of food and beverage-packaging innovation across a number of information sources, including patents, trademarks, scientific literature and litigation data.

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Survey Report on Packaging Waste in NZ. October 2010

Wanaka Wastebusters released a report claiming claiming that 86% of New Zealanders are concerned by the amount of packaging waste they have to deal with.  This is based on interviews with 1000 people from Dunedin, Nelson, Auckland (Grey Lyn), Gore and Wanaka between 11th and 22nd October 2010.

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Sustainable packaging: threat or opportunity?  PricewaterhouceCoopers.  January 2010

Packaging leaders agree on the growing importance of sustainability, but there remains a great deal of frustration in the industry at the 'disproportionate' focus placed on packaging and confusion about what 'sustainable packaging' means, according to this report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

Under constant pressure from government, the media, customers and consumers, the packaging industry is increasingly being forced to consider how its products can be made more sustainable. Faced with pressing issues of over capacity, low prices and high raw material costs, should ‘sustainable packaging’ be a top concern for packaging senior executives? Will the issue have any real, lasting impact on how the industry does business, and how will packaging shape up?

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Media Coverage Evaluation for New Zealand Packaging Accord.  July 2008 - June 2009.

There were over 600 items this year, a three-fold increase in the item levels of the previous year. This was due to packaging becoming a current consumer and citizen issue for debate, and thus a mainstream news item. This was reflected by a boost in the coverage from regional and national radio in particular, and also, increases in national TV and daily newspaper coverage. Daily newspaper coverage contributed most items over the year, followed by regional and national radio, then local newspapers, other media (including online), and finally business media.

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Packaging and the Environment - a global Nielsen consumer report.  March 2008.

According this global food packaging survey conducted by The Nielsen Company, 90% of consumers who cited recyclable bags and packaging as a key driver of store choice would be willing to give up an aspect of packaging if it meant it would help the environment. Almost half (49%) claimed they’d dispense with stackable/storable packaging and convenience packaging (48%), but some factors, such as hygiene and protection, are less negotiable.

Conducted in mid 2007, the study surveyed 26,486 Internet users in 47 markets from Europe, Asia Pacific, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa, on the factors that influenced their choice of grocery store and their preferences in packaging

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Consumer Attitudes in New Zealand to Plastic Bags - Nielsen.  June 2007.

The primary objectives of this research, conducted by Nielsen, were to:

  • investigate the current usage of plastic bags in New Zealand; and
  • understand consumer attitudes towards plastic bags and attitudes
    towards recycling / the environment.

One thousand typical shoppers were asked to build a picture of the current use and reuse of plastic bags and to identify what it will take to get people to use alternatives such as eco-bags:

  • Whilst over half (54%) of respondents consider themselves to be "green consumers", two thirds will nevertheless always accept free plastic bags when at the supermarket.
  • Two thirds (66%) think plastic bags are useful but almost the same number (60%) consider them to be harmful to the environment
  • Only one third of New Zealanders currently use Eco Bags. The key barriers to use include remembering to take them and the cost of purchasing them.
  • Women (42%) are almost twice as likely to use Eco-bags than men (24%)
  • South Islanders (24%) are less likely to use Eco-bags than other regions overall (33%)

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