Estudo da viabilidade das escolas como ponto de entrega voluntária de resíduos recicláveis no município de Caçapava do Sul

Abstract

Recycling is an important act of awareness for both the environment and people, it is the continuous act of collecting and discarding solid waste that would be discarded as tailings, but which can be reused and transformed into new products. This awareness should start in early childhood and extend throughout life, in the form of conscious practices and rational positioning of citizens, where the school consists of an important environment to raise awareness about Environmental Education, also giving the opportunity of knowledge necessary for them to make attitudes and decisions related to conservation from an early age. In view of the above,this work sees you as objective to study and carry out an exploratory research on the feasibility of implementing in schools an Environmental Education project that allows its participation as a voluntary delivery point for recyclable waste in the municipality of Caçapava do Sul-RS. The descriptive exploratory research method was used through a structured questionnaire where we sought to obtain information on the current situation of environmental approach in the educational institutions of the municipality, after the delivery of the questionnaires to the guardians of each institution, a general and statistical analysis of the results of each respondent was performed through both it can be seen that there is a lack of knowledge about environmental issues and on the subject of solid waste management. From the study carried out, it is remarkable the need for Education Ambiental to be present in educational institutions, addressing the theme of solid waste management, making projects aimed at the conservation of the environment, making students have a differentiated view on the subject, being possible to work environmental education with children at the beginning of school learning, that from an early age take attitudes related to the conservation and preservation of the environment.