OGUGWA CONFIDENCE BOI

This study investigates impact of plastic waste on our physical environment in Benin. Four (4) research questions were raised to guide the study. The distribution of the population of this study were the residents of Benin City including customers and retailers distributed across the 3 local government areas which includes, Egor, Ikpoba-Okha and Oredo. The sample size adopted for the study was a total of Three Hundred (300) respondents within the area of the study. That is 100 respondents selected from each local government area that made up Benin City using a stratified random sampling technique. The major instrument used for this study was the questionnaire. The questionnaire was designed and validated by experts in the department of Health, Safety and Environmental Education, Faculty of Education University of Benin. Data were analyzed using descriptive
statistical techniques such as tables, frequencies counts, and simple percentages