Resíduos sólidos produzidos no meio rural e as maneiras de preservar o meio ambiente

Abstract

The present work is based on the correct destination that should be given to the solid waste produced in the rural properties, the correct destination of the wastes from the different human activities, where the garbage collection is carried out only once a month (dry garbage only). For this, a questionnaire was carried out to better understand what the residents of Vila Bender, Crissiumal, RS, think and know about the correct destination of the trash, about the separation, storage, ways of avoiding contamination of the environment, what diseases can be avoided, in an attempt to improve the quality of life of families and avoid larger problems. Because it is a locality in the countryside, the handling and use of solid waste happens in a more useful way, where organic waste is reused by residents, and in many cases much of the dry waste is also reused. This work sought alternatives to this problem, that the residents have an environmental awareness, where a leaflet was distributed for the families to be able to understand how to proceed the separation, and to be able to allocate the garbage in a correct and healthy way. The results demonstrate that the residents use different ways of disposing of the garbage produced in the property, damaging to large scale the environment. Another part of the residents stores the dry garbage, the organic one uses for soil fertilization, and non-recyclable waste ends up incinerating, causing air pollution. It is concluded that the result is worrying, because much needs to be changed, where one can start with the awareness of this population in relation to the damages that the environment suffers from the lack of commitment in the proper destination of the garbage.