A descriptive research on determination of the level of teachers' awareness related to zero waste project

The aim of this study is to have information about how much the teachers know about the Zero Waste Project, their thoughts on this issue, and how much of the activities and applications that can be carried out within the scope of this Project. Zero Waste Project is a popular project that contributes positively to the environment, which is applied worldwide today. This research is carried out in order to determine how well this project, which has started to implemented in our country schools and how they approached at the point of application. The research is conducted with 20 science teachers working in schools affiliated to the Ministry of National Education in Konya. As a result of this study, it was aimed to create awareness about Zero Waste Project, to draw more attention to this project in schools and contribute to the applicability of the project. In the research, phenomenographic research method is used and data is collected through semi-structured interviews. Descriptive analysis was used in the analysis of the interviews. When analyzing the data, firstly, semi-structured interviews were written down. The meaningfull sections in these interviews were coded. Based on the data contained from the interviews, these codes were interpreted with frequency tables and percentage analysis. According to the research result, it was concluded that science teachers did not have enough knowledge about zero waste, they were incomplete in applying the activities in their school and they confused the concepts of zero waste and recycling.