The knowledge, attitude, and willingness of the Universit of the Philippines Rural High School students in adopting single-use plastc alternatives

Date

6-2023

Adviser

Ruby Lynn G. Ventura

Principal

Mabel S. Buela

Abstract

Single-use plastics (SUPs), also known as disposable plastics, are plastics that are used only once and then thrown away. The plastic industry in a third world country like the Philippines is essential due to its cheapness and convenience. The diverse negative impacts of plastic on sustainability clearly demonstrate that there is a tough and persistent problem. In the past years, the Philippine Government has passed multiple bills into law to address the alerting increase of single-use plastic. To address the global plastic crisis, emerging technologies and research are directed to the development of an alternative material. This research specifically aims to determine the extent of knowledge, attitude, and willingness of high-school students regarding SUPs. The investigation intends to provide data that can help determine the social aspects of SUP alternatives since youth involvement and perspective are significant and can bring social and environmental reform to society. The study adopts a mixed methods research design to analyze the data collected from randomly selected students in the University of the Philippines Rural High School. The research identified the correlational relationship between knowledge, attitude, and willingness of the target respondents regarding SUP alternatives; and showed that there is only a weak positive correlation for both knowledge to attitude and knowledge to willingness, while a moderate positive correlation for attitude to willingness. From the findings, it was inferred that most of the selected students reside within Laguna and cited “no control over product packaging” as the main reason for using SUPs often. It was revealed that most respondents have knowledge levels about SUP that are moderately in a good position; possess positive attitudes; and hold a strong sense of willingness to support efforts against SUPs. This study would help future studies understand and shed light to the problem instead of directly solving the problem found from the results.

Language

English

LC Subject

Capstone

Location

University of the Philippines Rural High School

Document Type

Capstone

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