Global Journal of Science Frontier Research, H: Environment & Earth Science, Volume 21 Issue 6

A Sustainable Territorial Challenge: The Irreversible Impressions on Waste and Residue Management from Functional Community Workshops Zago, Marcia Regina Rodrigues da Silva α , Dullius, Alexandre σ , Silva, Maclovia Correa da ρ , Munaretto, Elisangela Christiane de Pinheiro Leite Ѡ & Favorito, Andressa Rando ¥ Abstract- The goal of this article is to present a special thought on the strategy of capacitation workshops, as the means for self-awareness and decision making on waste, having a different perspective towards the subject. That way, the research that generated the present document, was established from the research-in-action, generating knowledge and new experiences by ways of physically meeting the waste collectors from the city of Matinhos - Paraná, which was made possible through ANCRESMAT and AMAGEM associations. We dove deep in the sustainable development bibliography, in recent researches that stand for education as the essential means for awareness in regards of the environmental issues experienced during current days. The workshops allowed us to notice that there are special ways to enter those land spaces, interact, and thus, transform actual lives, through an enhanced look to waste and its potential. I. I ntroduction he matter associated to waste in Brazil, as a whole, is addressed by The National Solid Residue Policy, as a result of the Federal Law 12.305/2010 (WALDMAN, 2012; ZAGO et al., 2018). The aforementioned law establishes that inhabitants must make the proper storage of waste in their homes, so to make it possible the collect of that waste, making it mandatory the correct separation collect at their address, in the towns where the selective collect process is established (KONRAD; CALDERAN, 2011; ZAGO et al., 2018). Starting from the Federal law aforementioned, the union's states laws are based on the Federal law to reinforce actions, having the main objective to fully establish the management of waste, in addition to the implementation of the law in all towns within the respective state. In the state of Santa Catarina, for instance, Law 14.675 established the use of state's Environmental State Code, reversed by Law 16342/ 2014. By doing so, the solid waste management is addressed on the situations that cause environmental degradation (BRASIL, 2010). According to Diniz (2011), approximately 40% of waste generated in the country are dumped outdoors or in an inappropriate fashion in dumping grounds around town (QUERINO; PEREIRA, 2016). In sight of that, Ramos (2010) warns us around the urgent need of awareness from part of the population to generate less waste, as well as learning to sort out correctly their waste, driven by the recycling and reuse of that waste. With that in mind, it's very important the creation of a mobilizing process of awareness about the necessity to change the notion that general waste serves no purpose anymore. We now know that a lot of that waste can increase their presence in the world, if they're creatively and properly recycled or reused. They're powerful material that, if well reused, can even result in new income for those in need. The narrative of the activities presented in this article aim to debate about the urgent need to reverse the impression that general waste is useless, taking as measure the amplitude feasibility view from the workshops standpoint. By doing so, the collection of data and the case study led to this research having an exploration emphasis, by which the data presented herein comes from the three workshops that took place at the "ANCRESMAT and AMAGEM" Waste Collectors Associations, in the city of Matinhos-PR. The research was performed between the months of April and September of 2019. This study design was made from the research of applied nature, having as the main objective, problem solving in the reality environment of the researchers. This action research coming from a real problem/situation aims practical results, being able to contribute as much as for a real improvement of the T 1 Global Journal of Science Frontier Research Volume XXI Issue VI Year 2021 25 ( H ) © 2021 Global Journals Version I Author α : Doctoral Student no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Tecnologia e Sociedade da Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná. e-mail: arfavorito@gmail.com Author σ : Doctoral Student no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Tecnologia e Sociedade da Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná. Author ρ : Professor Dr Programa de Pós-Graduação em Tecnologia e Sociedade da Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná. Author Ѡ : Master in Education pela Universidade Federal do Paraná. Author ¥ : Master in Technology and Society pela Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná.