Investigation of waste characteristics and recycling behaviour at educational institutes

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dc.contributor.authorSaglam, Betoel Sena
dc.contributor.authorAydin, Nesli
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-29T17:58:31Z
dc.date.available2024-10-29T17:58:31Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentTekirdağ Namık Kemal Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractIn this study, the waste generation at the educational institutes chosen from four different levels (kindergartens, primary, secondary and high schools) in Istanbul was measured on-site and the contents of the waste thrown into the recycling bins were determined to specify capture rates. Separation and weighing processes were performed at 16 spots in high schools, 12 spots in secondary schools, 7 spots in primary schools and 7 spots in kindergartens. A survey was conducted to determine the students' awareness of recycling in these schools. It was revealed that the wastes produced from educational institutes are organics (36.4 %), paper (24 %), plastics (14.4 %), glass (8.1 %), metals (4.8 %) and miscellaneous (12.3 %). The survey results indicate that 93 % of the participants think recycling is important, 71 % of them throw their waste into suitable waste bins and 59 % of them know the location of the recycling bins. At the primary school level, a very high rate of paper waste (92.3 %) was reported in plastic bins while plastic waste collected in these bins remained only 5.7 %. It was also seen that glass waste captured in glass bins and metal waste in metal bins remain very low rates (20.9 % and 29.2 %, respectively) at the secondary school level. At the high school level, it was determined that the most commonly captured wastes in glass, plastics and paper bins are glass (47.5 %), plastic (43.2 %) and paper (32.5 %), respectively. Correlation analyses indicated a high positive correlation (p < 0.05) between particular types of waste.
dc.description.sponsorshipNesli Aydin at Tekirdag Namimath;k Kemal University, Turkey [124124]
dc.description.sponsorshipThis manuscript was produced from the master thesis of Betul Sena Saglam and supervised by Nesli Aydin at Tekirdag Nam & imath;k Kemal 124124 University, Turkey. The thesis was accepted by Nam & imath;k Kemal University, Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.wasman.2024.03.036
dc.identifier.endpage124
dc.identifier.issn0956-053X
dc.identifier.issn1879-2456
dc.identifier.pmid38564912
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85189509170
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage115
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2024.03.036
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11776/14362
dc.identifier.volume180
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001223863300001
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofWaste Management
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectCapture rates
dc.subjectCorrelation analyses
dc.subjectEducational institutes
dc.subjectRecycling activities
dc.subjectWaste characterisation
dc.titleInvestigation of waste characteristics and recycling behaviour at educational institutes
dc.typeArticle

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