O papel da universidade na gestão de resíduos sólidos: o caso da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG

Abstract

This century brought many demands to the solid wastes management in Brazil. Concerning some specific producers (such as, for example, health services and industrial enterprises), laws are much harder, and there is a strong pressure to recycling of household wastes ”“ although its enforcement may take a lot of time. Universities play a fundamental role in society: at the same time they create and diffuse knowledge, and must be a reference in terms of attitude, forming students, either as professionals as as citizens. This study tries to relate what happens in the Federal University of Minas Gerais and in the city of Belo Horizonte in terms of solid wastes management. The essay considered external demands (federal, state and local laws, environmental and urban management actions in the city, of public attorneys and the society) and internal dispositions (university administration and academic community), trying to establish links between the city and the University. The premise is that academic community members tend to behave in the same way as ordinary citizens, not excerting the power of diffusers of knowledge that are transformers of the society