英文摘要 |
The objectives of this survey are to learn the knowledge level of adults and students about environmental protection and education channels, and the relationships between their environmental protection knowledge and practices. The population of this survey includes in Taiwan. The survey period was from May 31 to June 30, 2004.
Major findings of this survey are summarized as follows:
I、Solid waste management and recycling:
1. 95% of the adults and 93% of the students supported recycling.
2. 90% of the students and 76% of the adults knew that used battery could be recycled at convenient store, supermarkets or warehouse stores.
II、Water quality protection and drinking water safety:
1. Most adults and students would stop litter garbage into rivers as their most important action to help river clean-up.
2. 48% of all households cleaned up their water purifier periodically every 3 months.
III、Air quality improvement and noise control:
1. 50% of the adults and students knew that improper use of gasoline pump could cause air pollution.
2. Over 76% of the adults and students would turn down volume when they were singing, watching TV or doing other recreation activities at home to improve noise pollution.
IV、Environmental sanitation and toxic materials management:
1. Over 92% of adults and students knew that the media of dengue fever were Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus.
2. 97% of the adults and 70% to 87% of the students cleaned up water in containers actively to prevent the breeding of mosquitoes.
V、Air quality and ultra-violet ray forecast:
When the UVI was very high, the percentage of high school students would do something to prevent sunburns lower than other groups.
VI、The environmental protection knowledge and actions:
1. Over 88% of the adults and students learned the knowledge of the environmental protection mostly from TV.
2. Ecological tours or summer camps were more popular than others in the activity types of protection education.
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