DECLARATION i
DEDICATION ii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iii
ABSTRACT iv
Table of Contents
CHAPTER ONE 5
INTRODUCTION 5
1.1 Problem Statement 5
1.2 Justification 5
1.3 Objectives 5
CHAPTER TWO 5
LITERATURE REVIEW 5
2.1 Introduction 5
2.1.1 Behavior change theory and practice for environmental behaviors 5
2.1.2 Impact of individual attitudes on environmental behavior change 5
2.2 The concept of the environment 5
2.3 Human impact on the environment 5
2.4 Environmental consciousness 5
2.4.1Concept of environmental consciousness 5
2.4.2 Who is environmentally conscious? 5
CHAPTER THREE 5
METHODOLOGY 5
3.1 The Study Area 5
3.2 Research Design 5
3.3 DATA COLLECTION 5
3.3.1 Questionnaire Preparation 5
3.3.2 Selection of Respondents 5
3.3.3 Questionnaire Administration 5
3.4 Data Presentation 5
3.4.1 Dependent Variable 5
3.4.2 Independent Variables 5
3.5 Statistical Analysis 5
CHAPTER FOUR 5
RESULTS 5
4.1 Demographic Characteristics of Respondents 5
4.1.1 Gender 5
4.1.2 Age Of Respondents 5
4.1.3 Level of Educational 5
4.1.4 Employment Status 5
4.2 Public knowledge of the environment 5
4.2.1 Ranking of environmental problems in the country 5
4.2.2. Environmental Impact 5
4.2.3. The extent society can help solve environmental problems 5
4.2.4. Improvement of environmental quality 5
4.2.5. Mitigating plastic waste menace 5
4.3 Public attitude towards the environment 5
4.3.1 How human action abuse the environment 5
4.3.2 Economic development or Environmental protection? 5
4.3.3 Willingness to protect the environment 5
4.3.4 Willingness to pay for waste collection 5
4.4 Public behavior towards the environment 5
4.4.1 Mode of plastic waste disposal 5
4.4.2 Some general environmental practices based on respondents behavior 5
4.5 CORRELATION GRAPHS 5
CHAPTER FIVE 5
DISCUSSION 5
5.1 INTRODUCTION 5
5.2 Demographic Characteristics of Respondents 5
5.2.1 Gender and Environmental Awareness 5
5.2.2 Age
References: INTRODUCTION The term ‘environment’ refers basically to the immediate surroundings, inclusive of all the conditions, circumstances and influences surrounding and affecting an organism or a group of organisms (Furuen, Andrzej, 1998)