Papel da educação ambiental na mitigação dos impactos da deposição inadequada de resíduos sólidos nos mercados caso do mercado mafurreira na cidade de Inhambane

Abstract

The concern about the environment and the issue of solid waste began to in the 1970s, with the Stockholm Conference, where the first public policies first public policies aimed at the collection and final disposal of solid waste were created (Tavares, 2008). Population growth has generated an increase in the production of solid waste and liquid waste of household, hospital, commercial and industrial origin, a fact verified throughout the throughout the national territory, including the Municipality of Inhambane, becoming one of the main environmental main environmental challenges (Nhantumbo, 2019). Given this reality, the interest arose in understanding the role of Environmental Education in mitigation of the impacts of the inadequate disposal of solid waste, taking as an example the Mafurreira market in Inhambane City. The deficit in cleanliness, collection, adequate disposal of solid waste, means of and dissemination of information, hampers the effectiveness of sanitation in the markets, specifically in Mafurreira market. of the environment in the markets, specifically in Mafurreira market where the study is focused. Environmental education should be taken as a great ally in this process of management of Urban Solid Waste (USW), and the creation of a selective collection and recycling system, by the valorization and treatment of MSW. The present report of internship has as general objective: analysis of the role of the environmental education of environmental education in the mitigation of the impacts of inadequate disposal of solid waste at Mafurreira Market. To achieve the general objective, the following specific objectives are outlined i) to identify the causes of the inadequate disposal of solid waste at Mafurreira Market ii) evaluate the strategies undertaken by CMCI and vendors to mitigate the impacts of (ii) Evaluate the strategies undertaken by CMCI and vendors to mitigate the impacts of solid waste disposal at the market AE strategies in the planned activities to be developed at Mafurreira Market to mitigate the iii) implement environmental education strategies in the planned activities to be developed in Mafurreira Market to mitigate the impacts caused by the inadequate disposal of solid waste.