• Nitika Thakur
• Ruchika Singh
• keerti Phalswal
• Vijeta Attri
• Poonam Yadav

Introduction: Plastic is nowadays become very common part of our daily lives. Production of Plastic have enhanced worldwide. The consumption of plastic in India increased from 61 thousand tons in 1996 to 1.78 million tons in 2017, which is a huge number. With the vast production of plastic has evolved from the use of Natural Plastic material to the use of chemically modified natural material and finally to completely Synthetic Materials. Most of the plastic are durable and degrade very slowly as they are carrying chemical structure that renders them resistance to the natural processes of degradation. As Plastic waste never degrades, and remains on landscape for several years. Mostly, plastic waste is recyclable but those recycled products are more harmful to the environment as this contains additives. The recycling of a plastic material can be done 2-3 times only, because after every recycling, the plastic material deteriorates due to thermal pressure and its life span is reduced. As recycling is not a safe and permanent solution for plastic waste disposal. Methods: Non experimental descriptive survey research design for the study. Sample comprised of 300 residents of selected urban community of Gurugram city. Non probability convenience sampling technique was used for the study. A self- structured knowledge questionnaire on hazards of Plastic use was used. The tool is divided in two sections. Section I is dealt with demographic performa of the sample. Section II was self- administered structured knowledge questionnaire comprised of thirty multiple choice questions in four domains on knowledge of hazards of plastic use, after permission from the concerned authority. Data was collected using self-administered questionnaire and analyzed by SPSS software. Result: Results of the study showed that majority of respondents have average knowledge (50%) , (26.6)% respondents have good knowledge and (23.4%) respondents have poor on hazards of Plastic use. Conclusion: The present study revealed the residents had considerable average knowledge regarding hazards of plastic use. There should be enhancement is required to increase the knowledge on all aspects of hazards of plastic use.

Knowledge, Recycle, Plastic, Hazards, Community, Synthetic material.

"A study to assess the Knowledge on hazards of plastic use among residents of selected Urban Community of Gurugram", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 2, page no.f747-f751, February-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2402590.pdf

"A study to assess the Knowledge on hazards of plastic use among residents of selected Urban Community of Gurugram", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 2, page no. ppf747-f751, February-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2402590.pdf