@article{education2017597,
author={{Torres, Elissa Stephanie de Oliveira and Nascimento, Rayssa Maria do and Lima, Gyovanni Dhieymyson Oliveira and Soares, Rosiane Leite dos Santos and Dantas, Juliano Keyton and Melo, F¨¢bio Andr¨¦ Bispo de and Kramer, Dany Geraldo},
title={Recycling as an Environmental Awareness Tool in Public Schools: Working with Waste and Building Values in a Brazilian City},
journal={American Journal of Educational Research},
volume={5},
number={9},
pages={970--972},
year={2017},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/education/5/9/7},
issn={2327-6150},
abstract={In Brazil, the generation of 78 million tons of waste annually occurs, 35.2% of municipalities dispose of it improperly, resulting in environmental risks and health. In socially disadvantaged regions, this problem intensifies, and it is opportune to take actions that can increase reuse / recycling and rational consumption. Thus, the present study aimed to carry out interventions, with this theme, in public schools of a Brazilian city. The interventions (lectures, talk wheels and workshops) approached rational consumption, waste classifications and recycling as central axes. 150 students were involved in the suggested activities, in which they have intense participation, developing dozens of products from recyclable materials, such as toys, educational games and objects holder. In this way, it was possible to conclude that these actions are relevant, in order to contribute to the appropriation of the contents by the students and their change of behavior as transforming agents of society, mitigating the problems associated with solid urban waste in their communities.},
doi={10.12691/education-5-9-7}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}