Abstract
The purpose of this study was determined as “to determine the shirt buying behavior of teachers working in schools affiliated to the Ministry of National Education in Konya and their opinions on the recycling of shirts”. Teachers working in schools affiliated to the Ministry of National Education in central districts of Konya province; The sample consists of 373 teachers working in these schools and determined randomly. A questionnaire form was developed and applied to obtain data from the participants regarding the research. The questionnaire consists of three main parts and a total of 116 questions. The data were transferred to the SPSS package program for statistical analysis on the questionnaires. Frequency, percentage distributions, arithmetic mean, cross-table analysis, t-test, anova, correlation and factor analysis of the data transferred to the SPSS program were used. In addition, the findings are given in cross tables considering the gender variable. The averages of the data obtained from Likert questions were obtained by taking the sum of the data. T test was conducted to determine whether the statistical relationship between variables was significant or not. The results of the T test are used in the relevant sections. According to the research; It has been observed that the participants have a positive approach to recycling. Although the participants consider recycling and reuse important, they have reached the conclusion that they do not want to do / cannot do / do the necessary activities for recycling themselves, but they can buy and use a recycled product due to their limited time, lack of sewing knowledge and cheap ready-to-wear products.