The recognition of the educational needs in the field of detailed segregation and management of bakery waste

International Conference on the Sustainable Energy and Environmental Development

生态环境科学

Dereszewska, A.^1 ; Korzeniowska-Ginter, R.^1

Faculty of Entrepreneurship and Quality Science, Gdynia Maritime University, 87 Morska Street, Gdynia

81-225, Poland^1

关键词: Action models;    Consumer attitudes;    Ecological awareness;    Educational needs;    Environmental action;    Organic wastes;    School education;    Social acceptance;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/214/1/012063/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/214/1/012063

学科分类：环境科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

One of the fundamental problems of the present-day societies is over-excessive production of waste. In order to meet the growing recycling requirements, segregation should be done 'at source', i.e. directly by the consumers producing the waste. It is only possible with full acceptation and engagement of local societies. This, in turn, depends on the consumers' access to information, their knowledge and ecological awareness of the benefits that at source segregation generates. Due to the varied factors determining whether citizen groups of different social status, age or access to education will take up environmental actions or not, it is very important to recognize the elements which foster such attitude. In this work, bakery products were selected as an exemplary waste stream, which can be isolated from mixed waste products through at source segregation. This work has diagnosed consumer attitudes which are attributable to various group ages. Six age groups were identified, including school-aged youth and adults. The results show the low effectiveness of school education programs in the field of waste segregation. On the other hand, research has shown a high social acceptance for the separation of bakery products as a separate category of organic waste. The action models for raising ecological awareness of particular consumer groups in the field of waste management also have been proposed.