Environmental issues such as environmental attitudes are important socioenvironmental subjects for the non-Western countries such as Egypt. This study aimed to determine levels of attitude, awareness, and concern toward environmental issues among Alexandria Sanitary and Drainage Company (ASDCO) workers and stakeholders. A total of 284 participants (199 [70%] workers and 85 [30%] stakeholders) were surveyed by the New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) scale of environmental attitude. Descriptive and analytic statistics were applied, and significance was considered at p ≤ .05. Respondents showed low awareness to environmental laws and guidelines (23.8% ± 33.2%), neutral attitude toward ecological issues (66.1% ± 6.2%), and high concern about different environmental problems (74.5% ± 26.3%). Awareness score was significantly and positively associated with attitude (χ 2 = 8.63, p = .013) and worry (χ 2 = 8.68, p = .013) scores. Respondents are quite aware that legislation is the key role in protection of environment. This study reflects low level of knowledge and high concern to different environmental problems. Knowledge is consistently and positively related to attitudes. Planning training and management needs to be linked to the environmental goals and objectives of the company.
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