Percepção popular acerca da temática dos resíduos sólidos - estudo de caso no bairro Frimesa, Medianeira - PR

Abstract

The benefits that the evolution of society brought to the way of life of men are undeniable, however, this development was coupled with serious damage to the environment due to the neglect given to its treatment and final disposition, being able to highlight in this process the great generation of residues solids that are improperly disposed in the environment, and can cause numerous negative impacts to the environment. Knowing this, the present study aimed to evaluate the environmental perception of the residents of the Frimesa neighborhood, located in the municipality of Medianeira-PR, about the Solid Waste theme. In order to carry out the work, questionnaires were applied in the neighborhood and, according to residents' answers and level of knowledge about the theme, a thematic map was constructed where the distribution of knowledge levels about environmental education in the community population was pointed out. The neighborhood presented regions with varying levels of knowledge, with 43.5% of the participants carrying out the waste separation process, but more than half, 56.5% are not sure of the proper way to carry out this procedure nor the adequate disposal of waste which have some polluting potential. The neighborhood showed that the places closest to the commercial area have greater knowledge while the more distant regions were concentrated the places of inadequate disposal of urban solid waste, zone 1 and zone 7 that obtained the lowest grades. Thus, it is possible to affirm that the population's awareness about the theme has positive consequences regarding the preservation of the environment and its sustainable development.