Promotion of a waste recycling bank in schools: A case study in a municipality school in Thailand

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Adisak Singseewo

Abstract

The purpose of this paper was to investigate and compare the knowledge, attitude, and participation of primary school
students before and after waste recycling bank promoting. The sample group included 50 Grade5-6 students from
Samakkiwittaya municipality school, selected by the purposive sampling method. The research tools were a manual for waste
recycling bank promoting in school, a waste recycling bank knowledge test, an attitude questionnaire, and a participatory
questionnaire. The data were analyzed by using percentage, mean, standard deviation and paired t-test. The findings were that
mean score of the waste recycling bank knowledge after the promotion was significantly higher than before the promotion at
the significance index of .05. In terms of attitude, the students was first uncertain about the effectiveness of the waste recycling
bank before the promotion but after the promotion, they agreed with the idea of waste recycling bank. When comparing the
mean score of the attitude before and after the promotion, it was found that the students had more positive attitude towards
the waste recycling bank after the promotion with the significance index of .05. For the participation after the promotion, most
students were willing to participate in the waste recycling bank activities.


Keywords: Waste recycling bank; knowledge; attitude; participation.

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