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Objective: To determine the awareness of university students regarding recyclable household waste. Method: The research carried out in descriptive-cross-sectional type was obtained from students studying in the undergraduate program of a foundation university in Istanbul (N =1671). The data were collected through a questionnaire created by the researchers in line with the literature. SPSS 20.0 Package Program was used to evaluate the data. Results: It was determined that 82.6% of the participants were women, 88.1% were educated at a health-related faculty, 98.3% were single and 46% expressed their economic status as good. 60.1% of the participants took the topics related to recyclable household waste in the course contents, 48% of them first thought of plastic when recyclable household waste, 38.8% paid attention to whether the packaging is recyclable when purchasing the products, 61.1% It was determined that it did not separate household wastes at home and did not sort the wastes as there was no separator bin near the place where 59.5% lived. It was determined that 88.1% of the participants stated that the collection and separation of recyclable household wastes is not enough, 73.3% of them stated that different colored containers should be expanded to raise awareness about waste. It was found that there was no difference (p> 0.05) between the state of paying attention to the recycling of the purchased product and the gender, department of education, income level and information about recyclable household waste in the courses taken. Conclusion: Although most of the students received training on recyclable household waste, it was determined that their practices and awareness regarding domestic waste were not sufficient.

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