Alternativas de educação ambiental na cidade de Pombal-PB: reciclagem do óleo de cozinha para a fabricação de sabão.

Abstract

The improper disposal of the oil causes damage to the environment and may pollute the water bodies and soil, clogging pipes, among others. In the face of such losses, the need arose to find a way to minimize them or avoid them, through initiative to promote environmental education (EA) in the town of Pombal-PB, more specifically in seven city pastries in order to provide an alternative for recycling of used oil in these pastries. The methods used consisted, initially on questionnaires dealing with information about the level of knowledge of the owners of bakeries in relation to the importance of EA and the practice of recycling of oil, the damage caused by the inappropriate disposal of this waste, as well as the amount of oil used and how it is done the disposal of same. There was also a lecture, which provided information regarding the recycling of oil for SOAP making and finally held a workshop for the manufacture of SOAP, thus providing the necessary means so that respondents can recycle its oil and use it in your own establishment hygiene or even sells them. The results indicate that the majority of respondents acknowledges the importance of recycling of oil, the damage that the incorrect disposal of this cause to the environment, but did not know the intensity of such damages and that would like to work with and in his establishment, all claimed to know that it is possible to manufacture the SOAP through the use of oil and the same also claimed that would use in their day-to-day SOAP produced from the cooking oil. In relation to the definition of the term "environmental education", responded, in a general way that EA is the Act of preserving, to know and respect the environment and also to make people aware in relation to environmental problems. The completion of the lecture and the workshop of soap making made clarifications on the subject, the latter of which was used as a tool of EA in order to raise awareness and encourage respondents to perform this practice in their establishments.