THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS OF WAYS TO REUSE WASTE AND POSSIBLE REUSE TO MITIGATE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE
selective collection, Reuse, solid waste, ASCAS
The creation of cities and the increasing expansion of urban areas have contributed to the growth of negative environmental impacts. Customs and habits in the use of water and the production of waste due to the exacerbated consumption of material goods are responsible for most of the changes and environmental impacts. Within this context, physical and biological environmental changes, over time, modify the landscape and compromise ecosystems. In this sense, the city of São João del-Rei/MG produces approximately 120 tons of garbage and waste per day and has great challenges in its proper disposal. From this premise, the proposal of this research is to seek solutions and transformations of waste discarded, inappropriately, into products and services useful to society, in a way that also makes possible the environmental awareness and the development of the local economy, through partnerships with institutions and associations involved in waste collection, as well as through public and private companies in the support and commercialization of these products