Green Taxes and Their Role in Shaping Sustainable Consumption

This paper looks into the awareness & attitude of the public for green tax as an instrument to popularize the concepts of circular economy and sustainable development in Bangalore. Environmental tax is a double edged sword, it discourages environmentally harmful activities and it encourages environmentally friendly consumption and production habits. 101 respondents were selected and data were collected through a questionnaire that collected the demographic profile, green tax awareness and green tax effectiveness attitude of the selected respondents. The findings indicate that there was a lot of variation in awareness and acceptance, and that respondents generally believed that there was a potential to reduce pollution with these taxes, but there were significant concerns about the long-term economic impact of these taxes. Chi-square tests and one-way ANOVA (Welch's) were used to investigate the relationship between green tax awareness and consumer behavior, customer purchases and long-term environment. The study reveals a significant gap in public awareness and in the communication structure available for this, highlighting the need for policy makers to be able to use the green taxes as a tool to promote sustainable consumption in the context of a circular economy.