Raising Consumers’ Awareness of Plastic Issues throughEthical Education in Ichikikushikino City
鹿児島県立甲南高校

2年 冨永恵里衣

Abstract：It is estimated that over 150 million tons of plastic exists in the ocean. Japan has the second highest plastic
disposal per capita in the world. It is important to consume plastic ethically in order to change our lifestyles. Throughconsumer education, their awareness can be improved.
Questionnaires【Background】

When 22～26August
300 consumers
Whoin Ichikikushikino cityAge10’ｓ～70
Survey peoples’ awarenessPurpose ‘ｓabout plastic use

Current situation

150million tons

By2050Problems

Marinepollution

Plastic neverdecomposes.

I am unconsciously,
or not so much.

Ecosystem
destruction

65％

How much do you know about
the problem of plastic pollution?

Are you aware of the plastic
reduction in your daily life?

Field survey(1)Divide 5 levels
Microplastic

Lv.1

Lv.2

Lv.4

Lv.5

1m×1m
SHIRAHAMA

SDGs

USAJapan【Research Question】
Ｖkg

Cup

TERUSHIMA

15kg

100%

100%

97%

95% 13/110
NOMOTOIs it possible to change consumers‘ awarenessethically through consumer education inIchikikushikino city?

(3)Measure(2)Weigh

Lv.3

UV orWAVE

Plastic packaging waste
generation(per capita)

No.1
No.2

I do not know at allor not so much.

＜About 8million tons /year

62％

ICHIKIClass experiment10072（％）

48 44
Before the classInterest about marine plastic problem【Method】

Awareness of the parties

Reject plastic Bring their Reject plastic Buy refillablebags
own bottles
strawsgoods

Basic research
Questionnaires(1)How much do you know about the problem of plastic pollution?
(2)Are you aware of the plastic reduction in your daily life?

Field surveySeparate
plastic
garbage

Interviews

28%(10)22%(8)

38%(14) 52%(19)

13%(5)

63%(23)After the class(36)

72%(26)

66%(24)50%(18) 72%(26) 58%(21)36%(13)

88%(32)A week after(35)
3 weeks after

42%(15)68%(24)

42%(15) 74%(26) 71%(25)

22%(8)

60%(21)

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Applied researchClass experiment

Educational
Material

Give a class to students and compare the questionnaires
before and after the class.

My Research【Result and Discussion】【References】〈3R〉

Osaki city

Ichikikushikino city

InterviewsVVVC

Reduce
Reuse

20.2%

82%

8.2％

RecyclePick upgarbage

25%(9)

Kushikino environment center, Kagoshima environmental bureau.

Interviews〈Recycling rate〉

Buy recycledplastic goods

Before the class(36)【Perspective】

Classify the garbage into several types in 4 shores.

Average in Japan

After the class

Administration

In order toteach marine
plastic
problems andsuggest theeffective
method of
ethicalconsumption.

【Acknowledgement】

World Economic Forum（2016).
「The New Plastic Economy Rethinking the future of plastic」
http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_The_New_Plastics_Economy_.pdf(2019年9月16日アクセス)
UNEP（2018).
「Single-use Plastics:A roadmap for Sustainability」
https://wedocs.unep.org.bistream/handle/20.500.11822/25496/sigleUsePl
astic_sustainability.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y.
(2019年9月16日アクセス)
プラスチック汚染とはなにか/枝廣淳子/2019.6.5/岩崎書店
プラスチック循環利用協会（2018).
https://www.pwmi.or.jp/pdf/panf2.pdf(2019年9月16日アクセス)
Ocean conservancy（2015).
「stemming the Tide：Land-based strategies for a plastic-free ocean」
https://oceanconservancy/org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/full-reportstemming-the.pdf(2019年9月15日アクセス)・Ms.Matuyama
・Mr.Hagiwara
・Ms.Fukudome
・Mr.Funakura
・Mr.Ishihara
・300 people in Ichikikushikino city
・36 students in Kushikino
elementary school【Sources】(NOAA)https://marinedebris.noaa.gov/multimedia/photos/impacts(WWF)https://www.wwf.or.jp/activities/basicinfo/3776.html(UNDP)https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/sustainable-development-goals.html(googlemap)https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?hl=ja&ie=UTF8&msa=0&t=h&z=13&vpsrc=0&iwloc=00047f7618497bf22
560f&mid=112NBkXIZ6lJS3O_8vHT7ZFmnNjQ&ll=31.694105413823582%2C130.29666570792904