* ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE: Mucahit Coskun , Professor, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Geography, Karabuk University, Karabuk (78000), Turkey. Email :mcoskun@karabuk.edu.tr World Journal of Environmental Research Volume 10, Issue 2, (2020) 17-36 Www.wjer.eu Waste management education: A driven concern for academic community Mucahit Coskun a* , Faculty of Letter, Department of Geography, Institute of Graduate Program, Karabuk University, Karabuk (78050), Turkey. Email: mcoskun@karabuk.edu.tr Gbadeyanka Gbadebo Edward b , Faculty of Letter, Department of Geography, Institute of Graduate Program, Karabuk University, Karabuk (78050), Turkey. Email: gbadeboedward73@gmail.com Suggested Citation: Mucahit Coskun & Gbadeyanka Gbadebo Edward (2020). Waste management education: A driven concern for academic community. World Journal of Environmental Research. 10(2), 17-36. https://doi.org/10.18844/wjer.v10i2.5343 Received from August 20, 2020; revised from October 11, 2020; accepted from December 15, 2020; Selection and peer review under responsibility of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Murat Sonmez, Middle East Technical University, Northern Cyprus Campus, Cyprus. ©2020 Birlesik Dunya Yenilik Arastirma ve Yayincilik Merkezi. All rights reserved. Abstract The current research evaluated waste management education-related articles – in which a total of 172 articles identified. At the same time, 70 articles were mainly connected to the research topic and considered high rated journals as a database for the study. Consequently, qualitative content analyses of the articles were done manually and by analysing search results system. The content analysis results revealed the trend of the article's publication yearly- theoretically, practically and methodologically. The analysis disclosed less attention and emphasis given to 3Rs and landfill according to the percentage rating (2.90%) of 66 related articles on waste management education. Thus, the essence of waste reduction and waste education need to be reinforced among various waste generators and the rules and activities regarding waste reduction need to be acknowledged and initiated. Awareness and enthusiastic, forthcoming events and encouragements occupied a vital position in how discarded materials could minimise. This study significantly upon the ground of conclusion, calls for more papers and further research from various academic communities in context. KEYWORDS: Academic Communities; Education; Landfill; Management; Methodologically; Practically; Theoretically; Waste; 3Rs (Reduce, Recycle and Re-use waste)