Consumer Environmental Legal Obligation

In the tide of global low-carbon economy, the construction of theresource-conserving and environment-friendly society has become China’simportant strategic target, and the development of green consumption willbecome the important condition of “two-type-society”. As the main body ofgreen consumption, consumers should assume the obligations of protectingenvironment, saving resources, promoting sustainable development and socialprogress. In the current circumstance of urgent environment problem, traditionalnorms of morality are difficult to overcome the economic interest, consumerenvironmental obligation can not be performed effectively. Therefore, Chinashould be based on the national conditions, draw lessons from developedcountries’ experience of the relevant legislation, perfect the regulations ofconsumer environment obligation by the form of law, and lay the foundation ofsystem for green consumption and low-carbon economy.This article is divided into four sections:Section1: The fundamental theory of consumer environmental obligation.First of all, on the basis of the concept of consumer environmental obligation,the author defined the meanings and scopes of related words. And then, theauthor summarized the basic characteristics of consumer environmentalobligation from the aspects of obligation subject, object and content. The lastpart is the descriptions of the background and history of consumerenvironmental obligation.Section2: The theory evidence of consumer environmental obligation. Bycombing the practical significances, the author demonstrated the importance ofconsumer environmental obligation; and on this basis, from the perspective ofidea of social standard law, the lack of ethics and the urgency of environmentalproblems, the author demonstrated the logical basis of legislation of consumerenvironmental obligation.Section3: The domestic and alien situation of the legislation of consumerenvironmental obligation. Firstly, from the internal and external levels, theauthor analyzed the reasons of lack of consumer environmental obligation, and expounded the status of lack of relevant legislations. Secondly, on the basis ofcomprehensive comparison, the author put forward some developed countries’legislative experience, and provided a strong reference for our country.Section4: The Specific suggestions of perfecting China’s legislation ofconsumer environmental obligation. Through detailed comparison anddemonstration, the author concluded the necessity and feasibility of dispersivelegislative mode to consumer environmental obligation. At last, the author putforward concrete legislative suggestions to perfect the legal regulations ofconsumer environmental obligation. We should amend environmental protectionlaw, market regulation law and finance and taxation law to promote theimplementation of the legal norms of consumer environmental obligation.