Plastic packaging is one of the main representatives of packaging. Nowadays, plastic represents an
irreplaceable material, especially from the point of view of its advantages, which are related to both
production and price. It is an indispensable type of packaging, but in recent years its negative properties
have come to the fore, such as the pollution of the natural habitats of various creatures. Despite
awareness of such global problems, plastic or plastic packaging is still present.
In our diploma thesis, we researched the field of plastic packaging, where we wanted to find out why,
despite its increasingly loud negative effects on the environment, it is still used in households and in our
everyday life. In the theoretical part, we presented the field of plastics, its history and creation, the
advantages and disadvantages of plastic packaging, its pollution and recycling. In the experimental part,
with the help of an online survey and a conversation with a focus group, we obtained the necessary
answers and information about the use and its familiarity. We assembled a questionnaire that we used
both in the online survey and the discussion with the focus group. We created an online survey on the
portal www.1ka., and we conducted a conversation with the focus group with a group of students from
the Faculty of Science and Technology. With the help of the responses, we checked whether there are
differences in knowledge of plastic packaging according to gender, age, employment and place of
residence. Despite the increasing push to reduce the use of plastic packaging, its presence may not
decrease, as it is beneficial in various fields, as the survey results also show. We found that most people
are aware of the problems of plastic packaging and strive for improvement and changes, especially in
food packaging.
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