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Plastic Pollution- how much are we aware about its

impact on our environment and climate change?
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BACKGROUND

Plastic widely seen as a gift to modern living but a vast

amount of plastic is mishandled in Bangladesh, posing
a serious environmental and human health risk.
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The purpose of this survey is to see how much we

understand about the effects of plastic pollution on our
environment and climate change.

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S I G N I F I C A N C E O F P L A S T I C WA S T E M A N A G E M E N T S U RV E Y

 Written Statement

 Explanation

 Research demand
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 Justification and impact

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S I G N I F I C A N C E O F P L A S T I C WA S T E M A N A G E M E N T S U R V E Y

Context of Bangladesh Influence of our Study

 Increasing health risk  Reducing plastic production

 Causing disease and fatalities
 Improve safe management
 Strain and respiratory
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problems  Increase awareness

 Increasing flood risk  Proper management of waste

 Development of dengue fever
 Reduce plastic usage

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 LITERATURE REVIEW

• Plastic contamination has become inescapable for human development in the Anthropocene
time. Plastics creation is expanding significantly, and the adverse consequences on our
environment are additionally expanding essentially by means of miniature and nano-sized
plastics.
• Plastic contamination is interlinked with the SDGs and environmental change. Regardless of the
current information about the effects of plastic contamination, plastic waste administration is at a
grim level, particularly in agricultural nations.
• For instance, open consuming, informal landfilling, and removal in the regular habitat, including
cremation, are to a great extent pervasive, which is a wellbeing danger to a few lifeforms.
• Our survey gives a far reaching outline of the natural, ecological, financial expenses, including
linkages to environmental change and SDGs, with regards to plastic contamination and plastic
waste administration.
• In spite of the fact that, plastics squander the board and resulting strategy intercessions exist in
significant nations and urban areas all throughout the planet, they are yet to be completely
upheld or executed.
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OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

 Identifying the awareness among the

population to reduce the use of plastic
products.
 Examining whether people are willing to
shift towards an environment friendly
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product.
 Researching public awareness and
understanding of climate change.

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 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
1. RESEARCH METHOD 2. RESPONDENTS AND SAMPLING PROCEDURES

METHOD USED TARGET POPULATION SAMPLE

• Observational Study
• Cross-Sectional Surveys
• People from different groups
regardless of age, gender, and
educational level
• People who represent the target
population
• Selected through Convenience
Sampling
• Sample size of 102
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3. RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS 4. COLLECTION AND PROCESSING OF DATA

QUESTIONNAIRE TOOLS QUETIONNAIRE SCALES DATA COLLECTION &

• Two-part self-administered
questionnaire
• First part made up of
Demographic Questions
• Second part designed to
understand awareness levels
• Nominal to screen respondents
• Likert and Semantic Differential
scales to measure awareness and
other aspects regarding plastic
pollution.
PROCESSING
• Primary Data through Google Forms
• Secondary Data through Research
Papers, Articles, Websites
• Processed through SPSS and Excel
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M E T H O D S A N D R E S U LT S

Survey Sample
Gender
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Survey Result
How str ongly do you agr ee/disagr ee that the plastic
pollution can adver sely affect climate change? (On a
scale of 1 to 5 with 1 b eing lowest and 5 b eing highest)
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Survey Result

How fr eq uently each week do you use plastic pr od -

ucts? (On a scale of 1 to 5 with 1 being lowest and 5
being highest)
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Survey Result
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Survey Result

How ser iously ar e you willing to use envir onment fr iendly

biodegr adab le pr oducts as an a lter native of plastic pr od -
uct? (On a scale of 1 to 5 with 1 b eing lowest and 5 being
highest)
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CONCLUSION

• People's awareness

• Government regulation
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• Combine approach

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