Awareness of Global Warming and E-waste Among School Teachers

Global warming means an average increase in the earth’s temperature and is considered a major health issue of the 21st century and E-waste is the issue of electronic garbage it also harms of living animals. To find out the awareness and knowledge about global warming among the school teachers. To find out the awareness and knowledge about E-waste among school teachers. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect information from 500 randomly selected school teachers of three different mediums. Statistical analyses were performed with the percentage of each question Ethical clearance, informed consent, and assent were obtained. The problem is a major health issue due to global warming. Less than half (45.75%) of participants ranked pollution to be the major cause of global warming. The majority of the teachers (57.5%) were willing to walk or cycle instead of driving and only (12%) of teachers were willing to plant trees for combating global warming. school teachers exhibited significant differences in respect of their awareness and knowledge of global warming. Teachers’ problems are major health. issue due to e-waste. Less than half (52.25%) of participants ranked waste electronic materials to be the major cause of e-waste. The majority of the teachers (67%) were willing to reuse electronic tools and only (14%) of teachers were willing to destroy electronic materials. school teachers exhibited a significant differences in respect of their awareness and knowledge of e-waste. Periodic health education regarding global warming and e-waste is still needed to increase awareness and knowledge among school teachers