Recycling is educating: the importance of the Environmental Education Program (PEAM) for the Regional University of Cariri (URCA) in Crato – CE

• Autor(a) principal: Pereira, Ginna Gonçalves
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Correia, Dennis Bezerra, Alcântara, Bruno Melo de, Santos, Rafael Henrique Luciano dos, Vasconcelos, Jamile Maria Pereira Bastos Lira de, Verçosa, Cícero Jorge, Oliveira, João Paulo Camilo de, Oliveira, Elias Laurindo de, Lima, Thiago Felix de, Oliveira , Bruna Almeida de, Ferreira, Joana Dalvanira, Santos, Antônio Carlito Bezerra dos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/25575
• topic: Environmental crisis; Conscientization; Solid waste; Pigtail.; Crise ambiental; Concienciación; Resíduos sólidos; Coleta.; Crise ambiental; Conscientização; Resíduos sólidos; Coleta.

The present work aimed to present the importance of the Environmental Education Program (PEAM) that is being developed at the Regional University of Cariri - URCA, Pimenta campus, in the municipality of Crato-CE, as well as to recognize it as a pedagogical strategy for better management of solid waste. The program has partnerships with some companies, consisting of several stages and campaigns, such as publicity in the administrative and academic sectors of the university, collection of recyclable paper in departments, campaign to minimize water and energy consumption in the institution, campaign to collect cooking oil and lectures on Environmental Education in municipal schools. So far, 2,044 kg of solid waste have been collected, most of which is made up of paper, coming from the university's administrative and academic sectors. Approximately 300 liters of oil were received, which was sent to the company Sabão Juá. 1200 stickers were produced, which were posted in different sectors and areas of the URCA campus, in order to contribute to the rationing of water and energy. Lectures were held in four schools as a way to publicize the program. The observed results suggest an effective change in the behavior of the academic community of URCA with regard to the separation of waste for recycling, considering the understanding that curbing environmental degradation, among others, is not only the duty of the environmental manager, but of all, citizens. committed to projecting the consequences and evaluating alternatives to mitigate the impacts caused by the current generation of waste on the environment.