Hungarians don’t skimp on eating meat

By: Trademagazin Date: 2023. 01. 16. 11:16

People are willing to save on utilities, but only a few are willing to save on meat, according to a representative survey conducted by the Human-Environment Transaction Institute of ELTE PPK. According to the research, almost all of Hungarian society (94.8 percent) would like to make their lives more environmentally conscious in the next year.

Primarily, Hungarians want to make their lives more environmentally friendly in the following areas:

67.4 percent of the respondents are energy saving (using less electricity, gas, water),
61.2 percent is less waste production,
54 percent is fixing things,
42.9 percent prefer environmentally friendly products when shopping,
31.7 percent is more environmentally friendly transport,
21.3 percent is more environmentally friendly clothing,
20.3 percent voted for less food of animal origin,
And 5.2 percent have no intention of changing their lifestyle.

Respondents from central Hungary planned to reduce their energy consumption the most, and respondents from northern Hungary showed the least tendency to do so – we read in the Index.