Plastic Reduction Role of SACS Employees

Plastic's durability and versatility make it a common material in daily use, from packaging to household items.

Plastic takes a very long time to decompose and can pollute soil and water, harming wildlife and human health.

The increasing use of plastic is becoming a global problem due to its convenience and low cost.

Strategies are needed to reduce the problems plastic presents. This can include focusing on how people use and dispose of it.

Changing habits and social norms are vital for addressing plastic waste problems.

Schools are important settings to teach waste reduction and sustainable practices to students and staff.

Taking steps to use less plastic, both in the workplace and daily life.

Plastic waste harms the environment, affecting ecosystems and potentially human health.

SACS High School employees (admins, teachers, staff) are key in reducing campus plastic waste and promoting eco-friendly practices.

Students can be influenced by their school environment to reduce plastic usage and make more environmentally friendly choices.

Actions that ensure long-term environmental health and minimize long-term impact.

Specific steps taken in the school to use less plastic (e.g., using reusable water bottles, banning single-use plastics).

Positive outcomes for employees and students from reduced plastic usage, including financial savings and a cleaner environment.

Obstacles encountered when trying to reduce plastic usage within a school setting (e.g., cost of eco-friendly alternatives, employee habits).

Encouraging students and staff to make conscious choices about plastic use, fostering a culture of environmental responsibility.

A commitment to protecting the environment for future generations.

Programs implemented to help the environment.

A growing problem in the Philippines, despite local policies, largely due to limited national approach and inconsistent enforcement.

Strict enforcement of plastic bag bans in cities like Quezon City helped reduce plastic bag use significantly.

The process of managing and disposing of waste.

How much plastic is used.

Proper waste management systems and infrastructure are necessary to effectively address plastic waste, in addition to policies.

Problems that threaten the environment.

Bangladesh universities often lack comprehensive environmental standards, relying on basic water conservation, energy efficiency, and limited recycling.

Education provided to enhance teachers' environmental knowledge.

Lack of environmental awareness, insufficient funding, and weak organizational priorities hinder effective sustainability practices at universities.

Students' knowledge of environmental issues.

A study explored the factors predicting plastic bag use in municipalities of the Northern Philippines without plastic bag bans.

Learning through hands-on activities.

Environmentally friendly actions.

Precise meaning of a term in a study.

Research examining existing studies on a topic.

A plan to efficiently manage waste within a school.

The way students and staff dispose of waste.

Positive outcome from an action

Recycling efforts in Pakistan are not adequately supported, leading to less participation.

Study assessing solid waste management practices in schools, focusing on "3Rs" (reduce, reuse, recycle).

Waste collection in schools received the highest score for promoting the 3Rs in a study.

Waste recycling and treatment in schools received the lowest score.

A study on waste management practices within BulSU focused on student awareness and participation.

Not all students in BulSU practice proper waste segregation, despite some awareness.

A survey assessing the effectiveness of waste management practices at LPU-B.

Survey respondents moderately agreed that the waste disposal area at LPU-B is not optimally located.

While recovery and reuse methods exist at LPU-B, they are not fully implemented.

A formula used to calculate the sample size (n) needed for a study, given the total population size (N) and desired margin of error (e²).

The number of individuals or items selected from a larger population to represent the whole.

The complete group of individuals or items being studied.

A measure of the expected deviation of the results from the true values in a population based on different sample results.

The mean calculated when each data point has a specific weight or importance assigned to it.

The number of times a specific data point occurs

Value assigned indicating the importance of an individual data point.

A proportion of a whole expressed as a percentage.

Important principles to ensure fairness, integrity, and respect of participants during the research process.

Emotional distress experienced by interview participants.

The process of selecting participants for an experiment or study.

When a researcher has a personal, financial, academic connection to participants or institutions that could skew the results of a study.

Potential effects that the research study may have on participant's well-being.

Actions that lessen the use of plastic.

Specific areas within a school environment to focus plastic reduction efforts.