Impact of Environmentally Friendly Containers on Subconscious Green Values of Students
Document Types
Paper Presentation
School Name
La Salle College Antipolo
Track or Strand
Accountancy, Business, and Management (ABM)
Research Advisor (Last Name, First Name, Middle Initial)
Olondriz, John Daniel, G.
Start Date
25-6-2025 1:00 PM
End Date
25-6-2025 2:30 PM
Zoom Link/ Room Assignment
https://zoom.us/j/94865288482?pwd=4Fxc4HYQdvlzeJuLbSaAdDZITtDy6C.1 Meeting ID: 948 6528 8482 Passcode: dlsushsrc
Abstract/Executive Summary
Before being moved to a sanitary landfill, mixed trash must first be processed, separated, composted, and recycled in Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs). The MRF creates recycled boxes from sachets and recycled baskets, which are typically sold in retail. The study intends to determine whether the appearance of an MRF recycled basket—repurposed as product containers—would evoke responses reflecting green values, in addition to its sustainability in function. The MRF containers used in this study were made by the researchers using newspapers and did not resemble the sachet baskets that the barangay sector produces. Following the respondents’ completion of an eligibility survey, senior high school students from La Salle College Antipolo were chosen using a simple random sampling method. Students in Group A have been exposed to MRF containers, while students in Group B have been exposed to plastic containers. Each of these groups had 15 students each and completed the same pre-test separately and received the appropriate experimental procedure. They then took the same test again as a post-test to check for variations in their answers. Following data presentation and analysis, the researchers concluded that students exposed to MRF containers had no significant effect on their subconscious green values, while students exposed to the plastic containers had a significant effect. But there is still no significant difference in the effect of both groups. This implies that the MRF containers made with newspapers were not able to affect the green values of students subconsciously.
Keywords
material recovery facility; green values & consumption; product design; centrality theory; waste upcycling
Research Theme (for Paper Presentation and Poster Presentation submissions only)
Sustainability, Environment, and Energy (SEE)
Initial Consent for Publication
yes
Statement of Originality
yes
Impact of Environmentally Friendly Containers on Subconscious Green Values of Students
Before being moved to a sanitary landfill, mixed trash must first be processed, separated, composted, and recycled in Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs). The MRF creates recycled boxes from sachets and recycled baskets, which are typically sold in retail. The study intends to determine whether the appearance of an MRF recycled basket—repurposed as product containers—would evoke responses reflecting green values, in addition to its sustainability in function. The MRF containers used in this study were made by the researchers using newspapers and did not resemble the sachet baskets that the barangay sector produces. Following the respondents’ completion of an eligibility survey, senior high school students from La Salle College Antipolo were chosen using a simple random sampling method. Students in Group A have been exposed to MRF containers, while students in Group B have been exposed to plastic containers. Each of these groups had 15 students each and completed the same pre-test separately and received the appropriate experimental procedure. They then took the same test again as a post-test to check for variations in their answers. Following data presentation and analysis, the researchers concluded that students exposed to MRF containers had no significant effect on their subconscious green values, while students exposed to the plastic containers had a significant effect. But there is still no significant difference in the effect of both groups. This implies that the MRF containers made with newspapers were not able to affect the green values of students subconsciously.
https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/conf_shsrescon/2025/paper_see/20
