Gestão dos resíduos sólidos em Escola do Campo: experiência de educação ambiental na EMCEF de São Gabriel/RS

Abstract

This text consists of the final work of the Specialization Course in Education: Interdisciplinary Teaching Practices (EDUINTER) of the Federal University of Pampa - Sao Gabriel Campus / RS. This article aims to make a diagnosis of knowledge about waste management and environmental education to the members of the school community of EMCEF Baltazar Teixeira da Silveira, located in the Cerro do Ouro District - Sao Gabriel / RS. The institution has 55 students enrolled, from kindergarten (preschool) to elementary school (1st to 9th grade), and 17 servants (including teachers and staff). The emphasis of the study refers to identifying the main waste produced in the school and the forms of disposal carried out by the school community, in which it was identified that the organic waste is placed in the existing compost at the school and that solid waste has two paths: 1- discarded in a hole and incinerated; and 2 - defined as recyclable, driven to the city by school bus. Data collection was performed by applying a questionnaire to teachers and students. After this diagnosis, environmental awareness actions and proposals for the collection of solid waste were performed, highlighting the importance of Environmental Education and the need for application. theoretical knowledge in daily school and family actions.