Análise da intervenção da educação ambiental para gestão de resíduos sólidos nos bairros circunvizinhos dos aeroportos de Moçambique: caso do Bairro de Hulene

Abstract

At present there is a concern with solid waste management. Concerns about the management of solid waste can be explained by environmental, health and economic reasons. In the airport areas the concern with solid waste management is related to the fact that the waste is a factor of attraction of birds that perils the aircraft navigation. Environmental Education contributes to the correct management of solid waste in and around airports, especially to reduce the danger of birds, which constitutes a threat to the safe operation of aircraft. In this sense, the present study had as objectives to analyse the actions of Environmental Education for solid waste management in the surrounding districts of the airports adopted by the company Aeroportos de Moçambique, E.P., as well as to describe other environmental management activities developed in an airport. As a result of the study, the company Aeroportos de Moçambique, E.P., intervened in the community through lectures, community meetings, wall newspapers and cleaning days. Also, the company supports the surrounding communities of the airports with means or instruments of solid waste collection. However, the company is recommended to improve interventions by adopting other strategies to help spread the dangers of solid waste to the environment, health and air navigation.