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Plastic pollution has emerged as one of the most pressing environmental challenges of the 21st century, significantly impacting ecosystems, human health, and the global economy. In the last decade it has emerged as a global issue in the world, and cause of that it is not disposed of more than other things. Due to the lack of proper knowledge about pollution and its dangerous impact on the environment, its uses have increased. In this study, a survey was done to know the people's knowledge about plastic pollution. A self-made questionnaire was used to collect data after the expert opinion. By using three dimensions of knowledge of causes, effects and solutions of plastic pollution 30 items of a questionnaire and 100 samples were selected at Gajol block under Malda District in West Bengal. For analysing data, descriptive statistics and inferential are used such as Mean, Median, Mode, SD and t-test. The study result showed that the mean score of knowledge about plastic pollution of male participants is 49.55 which is significantly higher than that of female participants whose mean score of knowledge about plastic pollution is 44.67. It may therefore be said that male participants were found to have significantly better knowledge about plastic pollution as compared to female participants. The majority of the participants knew the dangers of plastic but had some gaps in terms of the specific causes, effects, and solutions of plastic garbage.