Sustentabilidade urbana: coleta seletiva como tema de reflexão

Abstract

The main objective of this research was to assess sustainable practices from the socio-environmental point of view, in relation to the disposal of urban solid waste, to address the forming of critical and participatory subjects. This is a qualitative research, whose development is based on an action-research approach developed at Colégio Estadual da Polícia Militar de Goiás - Nestório Ribeiro (CEPMG NR) in Jataí-GO city, with the 6th year of Elementary School students, in 2020. The theme approach 'soil and water pollution', caused by the incorrect disposal of solid waste, was selected by its being one of the factors that has become one of the biggest environmental problems in recent decades. The materials separation through selective collection represents one of the possible ways to solve this problem, besides bringing several benefits, such as financial income, raw material savings and the environmental pollution minimization. In addition to the students, some of their parents and civil sectors’ representatives related to the selective collection of Jataí, who agreed to sign the Informed Consent Form, also participated in the research, as well as teachers of 08 school subjects that make up the curricular base of the 6th year Fundamental II, by approaching the theme in their classes and activities. For data collection, semi- structured interviews were carried out, as well as texts production, drawings, photographic records and videos produced by students about solid waste. Due to