Effectiveness of a planned teaching programme among the high school students on hazards of plastic use at selected school of Gwalior (M.P.)

Humans are vulnerable to the short- and long-term health risks associated with plastics. Being the biggest user of plastic, the packaging industry can't turn a blind eye to the disastrous results of careless plastic consumption. Its hazardous effects and inability to break down in the environment make it a major concern. With the correct kind of early childhood education, we can improve children's health. Various sorts of information can be provided to youngsters in order to alter their lifestyle. Therefore, in order to phase out the use of plastic from daily life and safeguard the health, it is vital to have a planned teaching program that informs high school students about the hazards of plastic use. The area wise knowledge scores of post-tests were highly significant in all areas except regarding the use of plastics. There was no association of knowledge scores and selected variables like class of study, age, sex and religion. The results demonstrated that the proposed educational program was highly successful in raising high school students' awareness of the risks associated with plastic use.