Figure 9. Distribution of results of the questionnaire concerning reuse of packaging
by consumers of different sex
Source: developed by the authors
According to the carried investigations, one can conclude that age makes the
greatest impact on the decision concerning food products packaging. For the further
analysis of research results, respondents were divided into two segments, i.e. up to 30
years old (218 people) and above 30 years old (214 people).
Respondents prefer different kinds of packging For different kinds of food
products (Table 3).
Table 3 Attractiveness of packaging for different types of food products (for all
respondents / for the goup of people up to 30 years old / for the group of people
above 30 years old), %
Types
Without
packaging
Plastic
bag
Paper
Cardboard
Glass
Vacuum
packaging
Plastic
(polymers)
For dairy
products
8.1/ 8.3/
7.9
14.1/
16.5/ 11.7
5.1/ 5.1/
5.1
26.2/
32.6/ 19.6
33.3/
28.0/
38.8
3.7/ 2.3/
5.1
9.5/ 7.3/
11.7
For meat
and offal
products
18.3/
21.1/ 15.4
21.8/
18.8/ 24.8
6.3/ 6.9/
5.6
4.2/ 2.7/
5.6
1.4/ -/
2.8
44.7/
47.2/ 42.1
3.5/ 3.2/
3.7
For
sausage
and
smoked
meat
16.2/
10.6/ 22.0
15.7/
16.1/ 15.4
21.8/
21.6/ 22.0
3.2/ 2.3/
4.2
1.2/ -/
2.3
39.1/
47.2/ 30.8
2.8/ 2.3/
3.3
For
cereals
9.5/ 6.9/
12.2
43.5/
48.2/ 38.8
15.5/
13.3/ 17.8
17.8/
17.0/ 18.7
3.2/ 2.3/
4.2
5.3/ 6.4/
4.2
5.1/ 6.0/
4.2
For
pastry
17.4/
17.4/ 17.3
16.7/
17.4/ 15.9
47.9/
46.3/ 49.5
9.3/ 8.3/
10.3
2.1/ 2.3/
1.9
3.2/ 3.2/
3.3
3.5/ 5.1/
1.9
For fish
17.1/
17.0/ 17.3
31.3/
27.1/ 35.5
6.3/ 6.0/
6.5
3.9/ 2.8/
5.1
1.9/
2.81/ 0.9
33.3/
36.2/ 30.4
6.3/ 8.3/
4.2
Source: completed by the authors
29,8
17,5
56,3
61,3
14
21,3
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Women
Men
Considers reuse
Doesn't consider reuse
Respondent hasn't
decided
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