Educação pela ação ambiental: a coleta seletiva de resíduos sólidos em um departamento de instituição superior de ensino

Abstract

The present study has the goal of discussing the interrelations between the premises of environmental education and the better functioning of a selective collection of solid waste. From the posed question, reviewing the historiography of the environmental education and the conceptions of selective collection of solid waste, through the review of scientific literature about both subjects, it is obtained data of the referred interrelations. The confirmation of the proposed interrelation was verified by an experiment done in one of the academic departments of the Technological Federal University of Parana, too. Thus, it was constituted in a case study, which demonstrated empirically a direct relation between the applications of environmental education and the betterment of the functioning efficiency of a selective collection system. That is, as much better the environmental education applied, more efficient is the selective collection system. The conclusions of such investigations indicate that the environmental educative processes deserve special attention by occasions of implementation and monitoring of selective collection programs, because they are essential for the good functioning of such systems. Selective collection is related to Technology, because the segregation of waste is done by the fact that there are recycling technological processes, while the diversity of contemporary wastes occurs due to new technological processes. Thus, Technology is a determining factor in the complexity of selective collection systems, and that's why it is studied in this thesis.