From trash to luxury: Eco-entrepreneurship

Abstract

Concerns have been increasing in recent years due to environmental factors due to the remarkable landscape and climate changes in the various environments. This article was developed to recycle solid waste in toys carried out with students from Alfa College in Arapiraca, where garbage collection was used at source segregation methodology, where the separation is performed at the source that generates the different types of recyclable materials present in the garbage. For the production of toys, it was used the research method on the internet. In the garbage produced at school were found percentages of the following materials: Metal – 8%, plastic – 30%, paper – 20%, organic – 11% and other – 26%. Plastics found in school were: packaging – 26%, bottles – 36%, straws – 3%, cd – 2%, caps – 4% and others – 29%. The papers: 61% - sheets and 39% - boxes. Metals: cans – 88% and seals – 12%. The work shows the school community that the waste when properly selected can bring income and cost reduction in its collection and reduce the environmental impact. Thus, this work contributed to reducing the amount of garbage produced in the school and gave it the right destination, in addition to producing playful and educational toys to improve the quality of school play and classes.