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Sagadiyev LLP</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47703/ejebs.v68i4.428</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">ejebs-34</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Статьи</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Evaluating the Feasibility of Sustainable Consumer Behavior Among Generation Z Youth in Almaty</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title></trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6494-0681</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Satybaldiyeva</surname><given-names>Dinara</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"/><email xlink:type="simple">d.satybaldiyeva@satbayev.university</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7705-9874</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Tymbayeva</surname><given-names>Zhazira</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"/><email xlink:type="simple">zh.tymbayeva@satbayev.university</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6092-0388</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Kakitayeva</surname><given-names>Zhazira</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"/><email xlink:type="simple">kakitayeva@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Kazhmuratova</surname><given-names>Aigerim</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"/><email xlink:type="simple">aigerim_k71@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="en">Satbayev University, Almaty, Kazakhstan<country>Kazakhstan</country></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff-2"><aff xml:lang="en">Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan<country>Kazakhstan</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2024</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>18</day><month>12</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>68</volume><issue>4</issue><elocation-id>5–17</elocation-id><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Satybaldiyeva D., Tymbayeva Z., Kakitayeva Z., Kazhmuratova A., 2024</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2024</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Satybaldiyeva D., Tymbayeva Z., Kakitayeva Z., Kazhmuratova A.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Satybaldiyeva D., Tymbayeva Z., Kakitayeva Z., Kazhmuratova A.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://ejebs.uib.kz/jour/article/view/34">https://ejebs.uib.kz/jour/article/view/34</self-uri><abstract><p> </p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Generation Z</kwd><kwd>Green Economy</kwd><kwd>Environmental Economics</kwd><kwd>Sustainable Development</kwd><kwd>conscious consumer</kwd><kwd>Resource Management</kwd><kwd>Waste Sorting</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Abrar, M., Sibtain, M. 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