期刊名称：The Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa (JSDA)
电子版ISSN：1520-5509
出版年度：2013
卷号：15
期号：7
出版社：Institute of Sustainable Development in Africa
摘要：Drinking water is sold to majority of Ghanaians in plastic sachets of 500ml. After consumptio n, these sachets are discarded randomly. The increasing quantities of plastics churned out and the inability of duty bearers to cope with the increase makes it essential to assess the lifecycle of sachet water and the roles stakeholders connected to its lifecycle play in managing the waste thereof. Producers and consumers have some of the key possibilities to contribute to waste management efforts within the extended producer responsibility (EPR) concept. This paper provides a panorama of the extended responsibilities of sachet water producers towards plastic waste management, assesses the motivation for producers to engage in waste recycling practices and ways to influence both producers and consumers to wards a transition to sustainable pro duction and consumption behaviour. The study was carried out in the Wa municipality using institutional questionnaires. It was observed among others that although producers were retrieving empty sachets for recycling through self initiatives they also linked the problems associated with plastic waste management in the municipality to consumer beh aviour
