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University Students’ Behaviours on Single-Use Plastic

Plastic waste is an ongoing global crisis because it is polluting the environment and harming the aquatic environment. As a higher education institution, universities are expected to produce citizens who are aware of sustainability practices. The study examines university students’ behaviours on sin...

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Main Author: Haslina, Hashim
Format: Proceeding
Language:English
Published: 2024
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GE Environmental Sciences
H Social Sciences (General)
HM Sociology
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spelling my.unimas.ir-472092025-01-02T03:20:29Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/47209/ University Students’ Behaviours on Single-Use Plastic Haslina, Hashim GE Environmental Sciences H Social Sciences (General) HM Sociology Plastic waste is an ongoing global crisis because it is polluting the environment and harming the aquatic environment. As a higher education institution, universities are expected to produce citizens who are aware of sustainability practices. The study examines university students’ behaviours on single use plastic. The specific aspects studied are frequency of single-use plastic and management of plastic waste. The participants are 386 students in a university from various disciplines who filled in an online questionnaire. The results indicate that high dependency on single-use plastic mainly for food and drinks packaging because they buy takeaway food. The frequency of single-use plastic is once to three times a day. The participants threw plastic containers and plastic bags into the dustbin. About 90 percent prefer to use single-use plastic containers despite the vendors charging them extra for the containers. The findings suggest availability of single-use plastic packaging and convenience importantly shape students’ high dependency on single-use plastic and their attitudes towards single-use plastic waste management. 2024-11-09 Proceeding PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/47209/1/AVSET2024%20Conference%20Proceeding%20-%20protected-588-593.pdf Haslina, Hashim (2024) University Students’ Behaviours on Single-Use Plastic. In: 4th ASNet Virtual Conference on Social Sciences, Education and Technology 2024 (AVSET2024), 9 November 2024, Kuala Lumpur. https://asianscholarsnetwork.com/conference-proceedings/
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topic GE Environmental Sciences
H Social Sciences (General)
HM Sociology
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H Social Sciences (General)
HM Sociology
Haslina, Hashim
University Students’ Behaviours on Single-Use Plastic
description Plastic waste is an ongoing global crisis because it is polluting the environment and harming the aquatic environment. As a higher education institution, universities are expected to produce citizens who are aware of sustainability practices. The study examines university students’ behaviours on single use plastic. The specific aspects studied are frequency of single-use plastic and management of plastic waste. The participants are 386 students in a university from various disciplines who filled in an online questionnaire. The results indicate that high dependency on single-use plastic mainly for food and drinks packaging because they buy takeaway food. The frequency of single-use plastic is once to three times a day. The participants threw plastic containers and plastic bags into the dustbin. About 90 percent prefer to use single-use plastic containers despite the vendors charging them extra for the containers. The findings suggest availability of single-use plastic packaging and convenience importantly shape students’ high dependency on single-use plastic and their attitudes towards single-use plastic waste management.
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title University Students’ Behaviours on Single-Use Plastic
title_short University Students’ Behaviours on Single-Use Plastic
title_full University Students’ Behaviours on Single-Use Plastic
title_fullStr University Students’ Behaviours on Single-Use Plastic
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publishDate 2024
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/47209/1/AVSET2024%20Conference%20Proceeding%20-%20protected-588-593.pdf
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https://asianscholarsnetwork.com/conference-proceedings/
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