Waste Prevention in Mainstream and Forest Kindergartens

The thesis deals with the integration of waste prevention from the perspective of a teacher, educational offerings, and the overall operation of a kindergarten, with a focus on comparing regular and forest kindergartens. The theoretical part of the thesis deals with the issue of waste and its generation, focusing in detail on municipal waste, the possibilities for its management in educational facilities, and the legislative framework for waste prevention in the European Union and the Czech Republic. In this part, attention is focused on the waste management hierarchy, the Zero Waste movement, the education of teachers in the field of environmental education, and the incorporation of sustainability principles into the Framework Educational Program for Preschool Education. The empirical part uses quantitative research to compare the approaches of regular and forest kindergartens to waste prevention from the perspective of the teacher, from the perspective of integration into the educational process, and from the perspective of the kindergarten as a whole. The results of the research show that environmental education is becoming a natural part of kindergarten life. Conventional kindergartens more often use formal educational programs, while forest kindergartens prefer direct experience, experiential...