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Plastic wastes contribute significantly to the volume of wastes generated in secondary schools.
This study aims at providing student-oriented methods of managing plastic wastes. Using a
quasi- experimental study design, a 3-stage random sampling technique was used to select two
secondary schools: Oritamefa Baptist Model School (O.B.M.S) and Anglican Commercial
Grammar School (A.C.G.S), from which 245 students were proportionately selected. A
questionnaire was used to collect data on socio-demographic characteristics, waste management
practices and knowledge on appropriate management methods of plastic wastes. Also, 10-item
observational checklist was used for physical characterization of wastes generated in the schools
over one-month period. Descriptive statistics and student paired t-test were used for data
analysis at a 5% level of significance. The mean ages were 15.8±1.8 years and 14.1±1.0 years for
A.C.G.S and O.B.M.S respectively. At baseline, A.C.G.S had a greater mean knowledge score (13.3
± 3.4) than O.B.M.S (12.5± 5.5), though not significant. After the intervention, O.B.M.S had a
significantly higher mean knowledge score (15.9± 5.1) than A.C.G.S (14.6± 4.3). Proportions of
plastic waste generated at O.B.M.S and A.C.G.S were 25.4% and 33.3% respectively. The student-
oriented training intervention increased knowledge of craftsmanship in plastic waste
management in the secondary schools.
Key words: Craftsmanship in waste, Plastic waste management, Secondary schools, Waste characteristics
INTRODUCTION
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environment. Also, breakdown of plastic materials after on the management of plastic waste will reduce the
exposure to environmental factors does not mean resources spent on waste disposal in schools. Training of
degradation since it leaves plastic residues and dust the students on appropriate methods of plastic waste
behind. Meanwhile, accumulation of plastics in the management will also help in building their capacities on
environment results in blocked drains, increase in conversion of waste to wealth. Thus, this study was carried
incidence of water related diseases, and general decline out to assess the plastic wastes generated in selected
in the aesthetic value of the environment. It has also been public and private secondary schools in Ibadan North local
observed that fish and other marine species in the water government area, Nigeria, with the aim of imparting
ways swallow some plastic materials as food items and die knowledge of creative and sustainable plastic waste
(Ms.suja, 2013). management among the students.
Figure 1: Map of Ibadan North Local Government Area (insets: the map of Oyo State and Nigeria)
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of the study schools and the materials needed are readily journal of soil science and Environmental management.
accessible. It is equally believed to support environmental Volume 4(3): 34-39.
preservation as it will convert waste materials into useful Ms.suja N (2013). Assessment of the effectiveness of
products, reducing the bulk of wastes disposed in the structured teaching programme on hazards of plastic
schools. waste and its safe disposal among adolescents in a
selected pre-university college at Bangalore. Msc.
Thesis. Rhajiv Ghandi University of Health Sciences.
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