Plastic Consumption and Waste Management Assessment 2022

Running head: PLASTIC CONSUMPTION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT 1
Plastic consumption and waste management
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PLASTIC CONSUMPTION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT 2
QCD211 Communication 2
Assessment task 1c :
Proficiency of QUT students on plastic pollution
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Date : September 27, 2019
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PLASTIC CONSUMPTION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT 3
Table of Contents
List of figures................................................................................................................. 4
List of tables................................................................................................................... 4
1.0. Background.......................................................................................................... 5
2.0. Findings............................................................................................................... 6
2.1. Demographic Information...................................................................................... 6
2.2. Awareness of usage of plastic bags in carrying rubbish..................................................7
2.3. Present Practices: Difficulty in separating general waste and recycling at home....................8
2.4. Present practices: Reducing the impact of plastic waste.................................................9
2.5. Barriers and Sources of plastic bags.......................................................................10
2.6. Best practices and Frequency of recycling plastic wastes..............................................11
2.7. Quantifying current usage of plastic.......................................................................12
2.8. Acknowledging Plastic waste as a serious problem.....................................................13
2.9. Best practices: Eco-friendly packaging....................................................................14
2.10. International overview on Plastic problems in other countries....................................15
2.11. Need for abolishing plastic bags by supermarkets...................................................16
3.0. Discussion.......................................................................................................... 16
Demographic Information............................................................................................. 16
3.1. Awareness of plastic Usage.................................................................................. 16
3.2. Existing practices.............................................................................................. 17
3.3. Best Practices................................................................................................... 17
4.0. Conclusion......................................................................................................... 18

PLASTIC CONSUMPTION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT 4
List of figures
Figure 1:Graph for putting it the council bin............................................................................7
Figure 2:Graph of difficult to separate my general waste............................................................8
Figure 3:Graph of reducing the impact of plastic waste..............................................................9
Figure 4: Graph of how to carry shopping contents.................................................................10
Figure 5: graph of frequency of recycle your plastic waste........................................................11
Figure 6: Graph of Number of plastic bags used.....................................................................12
Figure 7:Graph of if Plastic waste is a serious problem.............................................................13
Figure 8: Graph of willingness to pay more for eco-friendly packaging........................................14
Figure 9:Graph of plastic problem is in your home country.......................................................15
List of tables
Table 1 : Demographic Information...................................................................................... 5
Table 2: Putting it the council bin......................................................................................... 6
Table 3:difficult to separate my general waste.........................................................................8
Table 4: How to carry shopping contents................................................................................9
Table 5: Frequency of recycle your plastic waste....................................................................10
Table 6: Number of plastic bags used.................................................................................. 11
Table 7: Plastic waste is a serious problem............................................................................12
Table 8:willingness to pay more for eco-friendly packaging......................................................13
Table 9:plastic problem is in your home country....................................................................14