Product-related information for sustainable use of laundry detergents in Finnish households |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9TJ, United Kingdom;2. Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex, Sussex House, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9RH, United Kingdom;1. The ithree Institute, University of Technology, P.O. Box 123, Broadway, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia;2. Laboratorio de Genética Molecular Bacteriana, Universidad El Bosque, Bogotá, Colombia;3. Grupo de Resistencia Bacteriana y Enfermedades Tropicales, Universidad del Sinú, Monteria-Cordoba, Colombia;1. The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen AB15 8QH, Scotland, UK;2. Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UW, UK;1. Rocky Mountain Poison Center, Denver Health, and the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO;2. Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Poison Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR;3. Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Medical Toxicology, Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD;4. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, and New Mexico Poison and Drug Information Center, Albuquerque, NM;5. California Poison Control System, School of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA;6. School of Pharmacy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA;1. Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering (DIATI), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy;2. Department of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Environmental Technology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark |
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| Abstract: | The purpose of this paper is to report on research on how product-related information can guide sustainable product use in the context of laundry detergents. More precisely, the purpose of the study was designed to analyse how the detergent package information and dosing instructions are read, understood and followed in the Finnish households. Data collection methods included interviews in 340 Finnish households in 2004 and 299 households in 2005 with a standardised questionnaire. Results show that the majority of respondents did not know if the washing water is hard or soft, which indeed has a direct effect on dosing amounts. However, package information per se was found to be easily understandable, although dosing instructions for calculating the right amount of detergent for the laundry were often confusing. Finally, it is discussed how product-related information could be further improved to guide sustainable product use and to educate consumers about sustainable consumption. |
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