Análise descritiva dos resíduos sólidos no centro de vivência da Universidade Federal de Campina Grande - CES Cuité/PB.

Abstract

Solid waste has become a major concem of contemporary society. The waste production is increasing, but accelerating, people are living an unsustainable partem of production and consumption. With this environment has been suffering the consequences of unbridled production. This study aimed to characterize the solid waste produced at the Center for Living at the Federal University of Campina Grande Campus Cuité- UFCG ICES. Were collected monthly from April to August 2011, where each week of the month during daytime and nighttime characterizations were made on the environment through a square pipe does square meters, 20 samples were carried out at every tum. The items found were counted according to their category: Paper, plastic, organic, metal and rubber. According to the results over the garbage produced in the center o f the living UFCG I CES was the organic material that was most prominent in all the results compared both overall production of waste per shift. Featuring 87, 8% o f the total solid waste produced from the collection site. With this research we can conclude that the production of solid waste is of concem, but the solutions only occurred in a concrete way through the full participation of the community. The implementation of selective collection and the work continues for Environmental Education will enable the academic community to rethink attitudes and behavior that degrades the environment.