Ângelo Thomás Pimentel Ferreira,Ticiana Ayres Agra,Angela Nair de Araujo Dacal,Eduardo Lucena Cavalcante Amorim,Eric Avilino Batista,Ângelo Ferreira da Silva, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Centro de Tecnologia, ticianaagra@hotmail.com
ABSTRACT
This paper presents environmental education as a tool for minimizing the impact generated by the vegetable oil used for frying in restaurants and bars in the riverside community of the Lagoa Manguaba village of Massagueira in Alagoas. The study was conducted in four stages, field research, awareness among the establishments of the region, community involvement and recycling workshops. The fieldwork was crucial for the development of work, because the amount of oil used, the ways of disposing of waste and the population's knowledge about the environmental problems of vegetable oil the approach defined in later steps. The community presented a basic knowledge of environmental problems related to oil and the possibility of recycling this waste, an exciting aspect to the learning process and for recycling workshops. To obtain the expected results, the work should occur continuously, which requires time, because the process of environmental education needs to be experienced and felt by the community.
PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Impacto Ambiental; Óleo Vegetal; Educação Ambiental.