Challenges to anticipate climate change: An environmental awareness survey of High School Students in Indonesia in waste management

摘要

Waste management is a preventive effort in reducing pollution that impacts on climate change and is an important concern especially in developing countries. The purpose of this study is to determine the environmental awareness of students in waste management based on knowledge, refusal, reuse, reduce and recycle which are seen from gender, school status and majors. This study uses a survey method with a population of high school students in Indonesia. The data were analyzed using non-parametric statistical tests with the SPSS version 23 application for Windows. The results showed that 1) the environmental awareness of high school students in Indonesia was in a sufficient category, 2) there was no difference in the gender of students in managing waste, 3) there were differences in school status and students' majors in managing waste. Real programs are needed to improve students' ability to manage personal waste and the surrounding environment.