IMPACT OF LOW COST OF ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS ON THE KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES OF STUDENTS TOWARDS PROPER SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL.

This study was carried out to examine the impact of low cost of environmental materials on the knowledge and attitudes of Students towards the proper solid waste disposal. Two research questions and two hypotheses were raised and analyzed for the purpose of the study. A purposive sampling technique was used in selection of fifty (50) undergraduate students which were drawn from 100 level students of the Departments of Health, Safety and Environmental Education (HSE) and in the Faculty of Education, University of Benin for the purpose of the study. The data were collected with questionnaire instrument and analyzed using mean and standard deviation. It was revealed that students from the experimental group who were exposed to low cost of environmental materials have good attitude towards proper solid waste disposal compared to students in the control group who were not exposed to these materials. The difference in their attitudes was significant, based on the data from the findings of this study. It was also revealed through further findings of this study that students from the experimental group who through the use of low cost environmental materials had knowledge about proper solid waste disposal among undergraduates compared to students in the control group who were not exposed to the materials. Only few of the students in the control group had a little knowledge about proper solid waste disposal. More findings of this study indicated that use of low cost environmental materials has a significant impact in equipping students with knowledge about proper solid waste disposal and the importance of proper solid waste disposal.