The Main Environmental Issues in the Constanta Area as Perceived by the Public Opinion

Abstract

Romania faces the challenge of environmental issues, doubled by an even more serious problem: the lack of environmental education. B.EN.A.’s endeavor within the training courses organized in Constanta in environmental professions is one huge step ahead in raising the awareness of people living in a country where environmental education is a black hole. The aim of the paper is identifying the most important problems concerning the environment in the Constanta area, by the means of a sociologic research carried out among the trainees attending the course organized by B.EN.A. The results were not at all surprising, as the most pressing issues identified were the impact of pollutants on human health and waste management.