Assessment of knowledge and awareness of the waste electrical and electronic equipment among the higher school students
Journal Title: Polish Journal of Public Health - Year 2011, Vol 121, Issue 3
Abstract
Introduction. The Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), e-waste – constitutes refuse that remarkably menaces the environment and human health. The increasing amount of e-waste is becoming a global threat, including the territory and the population of Poland. Aim. The aim of the study, conducted among students of the Higher School of Business Administration and Health Sciences (HSBAHS) in Lodz, was to evaluate the respondents’ knowledge and awareness of the e-waste management, and threats for the environment and human health that issued from unreflective e-waste disposal. Material and methods. The material encompassed empirical data gathered form 250 students of the HSBAHS in Lodz. The research method was based on an anonymous and previously validated questionnaire. Conclusions. The surveyed individuals’ knowledge and awareness of the subject-matter – considering the urban versus the rural area – is low, albeit the Act on the Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Management has been in force for about fi ve years. Regrettably, Polish society, and the surveyed students alike – seldom segregate and deliver the waste electric and electronic equipment to the specialistic salvage points; on the opposite, one still meets with such a scheming when citizens throw their e-waste directly on the scrap-heap (in particular it bears on townspeople). The respondents know neither educational programmes they could participate in, nor legal premises in connection to the rational e-waste disposal. The observed low level of knowledge and awareness of the WEEE management among the students is liable to be altered by sound education, accomplished both among pupils, students, and adult society.
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Anna Głowacka, Paweł Skoczylas, Mariusz Mianowany
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