Assessment of Social Response to Incentives, On Reduction of Plastic Bags Use in Pakistan: A Cross Market Study of Abpara and Itwaar Bazaar.

Abstract

The objective of the study is to assess the social willingness to pay and willingness to accept for demand of cloth bags and proposed paper bags This study is conducted in Islamabad with 150 sample size on primary data from Abpara market and Itwaar bazaar respectively .The data was treated through stata and through descriptive tools ,the research found that reuse of plastic bags are significant in both the markets but high at Itwaar bazaar and the study concluded that the proposed change to state of plastic culture, prevailing from many years was according to desired implications for the study area. Note: Muhammad Imran Khan is currently working with Professor Dr. Rehana Siddiqui on his MPhil thesis on ecological footprints.