Effects of an Educational Glass Recycling Program against Environmental Pollution in Spain
| Autor: | Miguel Ángel Aguilar-Jurado, Juan Francisco Ortega-Dato, Pedro Gil-Madrona, David Zamorano-García |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Glass recycling Psychometrics Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Environmental pollution Sample (statistics) 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Article 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Environmental health Humans pollution Recycling 030212 general & internal medicine Child Students glass recycling Location 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Schools Academic year business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Simple random sample Test (assessment) Cross-Sectional Studies Knowledge Environmental education Attitude Spain environmental education Female Curriculum Glass Environmental Pollution business Psychology |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 16 Issue 24 |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph16245108 |
| Popis: | In this article, we analyzed the effects of an educational glass recycling program on primary schools and their students in Castilla-La Mancha (Spain). A sample of 89 schools, with 20,710 elementary students, was selected by simple random sampling. For the statistical analysis, descriptive techniques (frequencies and statistics), parametric (One Way ANOVA test), and non-parametric (Chi-Square test) inferential techniques were used, with a 5% significance level (p < 0.05). The program&rsquo s results showed that 153,576.3 kg of glass (with a value of 17,064.03 &euro ) were recycled. Significant determinants of glass recycling were: School category (p = 0.043), previous environmental/recycling education (p = 0.046), geographic location of school (p = 0.030), gender (p = 0.007), and academic year (p < 0.05). With the program, students learned the importance of glass recycling, obtained a greater knowledge of and habits related to the same, acquired favorable attitudes towards the environment, and promoted glass recycling in their social circles. We conclude that environmental education about glass recycling has positive effects on glass recycling attitudes and behaviors in elementary school students and may be used as a measure to combat the problem of environmental pollution. |
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