Annotated Bibliography: Plastic Pollution Awareness and Education

This annotated bibliography examines two articles related to plastic pollution. The first article, by Hammami et al. (2017), surveys secondary school students' awareness and attitudes towards plastic pollution in Sharjah, UAE, highlighting the impact of parental education on environmental attitudes. The study, conducted through questionnaires, reveals that most students identify plastic as the most harmful waste and suggests recommendations for environmental protection. The second article, by Chow et al. (2017), emphasizes the role of education in addressing plastic waste management. It analyzes teaching strategies to change behaviors and attitudes, advocating for the importance of educating the younger generation to safeguard the environment. Both articles provide valuable insights into the problem of plastic pollution and the importance of education and awareness in addressing this critical environmental issue.

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1. Hammami, M. B. A., Mohammed, E. Q., Hashem, A. M., Al-Khafaji, M. A., Alqahtani,
F., Alzaabi, S., & Dash, N. (2017). Survey on awareness and attitudes of secondary school
students regarding plastic pollution: implications for environmental education and public
health in Sharjah city, UAE. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 24(25), 20626-
20633.
This article tries to understand the harmful effects of plastic pollution on the larger
society of the human race. In this regard, the authors of this article has understand the important
study of trying to assess the attitude towards plastic pollution as is imparted to the students of the
secondary schools in the region of Sharjah city of the United Arab Emirates. The study
conducted a cross sectional study of four hundred students selected from the six different
secondary level schools. The researchers distributed certain questionnaires to the selected
respondents who were selected through the method of probability stratified random sampling
technique. In this study, majority of the respondents, around eighty five percent of those selected,
showed that plastic is the most harmful waste which is generated in the environment.
Furthermore, the study also revealed that those students whose mothers were more educated, had
the inclination of being more favorably disposed to the protection of the environment. The article
concludes with certain recommendations that can be implemented in order to protect the
environment from the harmful effects of plastic pollution.
The strength of this article is that is has been structured in an effective manner. The
number of respondents selected were limited in scope and therefore, manageable. Furthermore,
the family background of the students were also analyzed in order to determine to impact of
cultural background on the knowledge level of the students. However, an important weakness of
the article is that it has only looked at the schools belonging to the United Arab Emirates, which

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is one fo the developed nations of the world. The problem of plastic pollution is more severe in
the developing nation states of the world.
2. Chow, C. F., So, W. M. W., Cheung, T. Y., & Yeung, S. K. D. (2017). Plastic waste
problem and education for plastic waste management. In Emerging Practices in
Scholarship of Learning and Teaching in a Digital Era (pp. 125-140). Springer, Singapore.
This article tries to understand the importance of the field of education in trying to solve
the issue of plastic pollution. After the period of industrialization, the use of plastic materials
have increased to a significant level. This is important to understand because the use of such
plastic materials have negatively affected the health of the environment. The authors believe that
it is vital to change the attitude and behavior of the people with regard to how to solve the issue
of plastic waste. In this respect, the authors have advocated the importance of education. The
article uses thematic analysis in order to examine the effectiveness of the three strategies of
teaching which would aid in the comprehensive understanding of plastic waste management. The
article concludes with importance of managing such plastic pollution for the better protection of
the environment as well as to understand how the younger generation of the society can
contribute to the extent of safeguarding the health of their planet.
The strength of this article lies in the fact that education is taken the pillar of knowledge
which aids in the change of behavior and attitudes of the students to work for the protection of
their environment. The article is properly structured and comprehensively discussed to this
effect. However, an important weakness or limitation of this article is that it does not look at the
different responsibilities of the different age group of people. This greatly reduces the
effectiveness of the article as not every individual can contribute equally to the environment at
their age.

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References:
Chow, C. F., So, W. M. W., Cheung, T. Y., & Yeung, S. K. D. (2017). Plastic waste problem and
education for plastic waste management. In Emerging Practices in Scholarship of
Learning and Teaching in a Digital Era (pp. 125-140). Springer, Singapore.
Hammami, M. B. A., Mohammed, E. Q., Hashem, A. M., Al-Khafaji, M. A., Alqahtani, F.,
Alzaabi, S., & Dash, N. (2017). Survey on awareness and attitudes of secondary school
students regarding plastic pollution: implications for environmental education and public
health in Sharjah city, UAE. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 24(25),
20626-20633.