“…When studies conducted in Turkey in recent years are examined, it can be seen that many studies have been conducted with pre-service teachers, preschool teachers and preschool children regarding environmental awareness and environmental problems (Arık & Yılmaz, 2017;Akçay et al, 2017;Aksan & Çelikler, 2019;Bozdemir & Fiz, 2018;Erbasan & Erkol, 2020;Erdaş Kartal & Ada, 2019;Güngör & Cevher Kalburan, 2022;Güşta Şahin & Doğu, 2018;Kara & Çelikler, 2017;Karakaş et al, 2018;Koçak Tümer and Temel, 2021;Koçulu, 2018;Mol, 2019;Okumuş & Okur Akçay, 2020;Ultay et al, 2019;Yanarateş & Yılmaz, 2020;Yılmaz & Aydoğdu, 2020). However, there are quite a few studies conducted with the participants above, especially on recycling (Dinler et al, 2020;Koçak Tümer, 2022;Özel & Erdaş Kartal, 2022;Pamuk and Kahriman, 2019;Türkoğlu, 2019).…”