Of the 230 respondents, the largest proportion of them
(176, 76.52%) used plastic bags in high frequency as
compared to other plastic products. This was followed by
the usage of plastic bottles (92, 40%), plastic buckets,
barrels and baskets (44, 19.13%) and plastic shoes (26,
11.30%) (Table 2). These results revealed that majority of
the respondents in each category use plastic bags in their
daily life. The results also indicated that usage of plastic
bags is high among residents of Jimma City, and the
residents noticed the increasing trend of usage of plastic