Impacto de una estrategia de educación para disminuir los residuos sólidos: Caso de estudio de una institución educativa en Colombia.

Abstract

This proposal seeks to analyze the impact of implementing an environmental education strategy to encourage the reduction of solid waste produced in an educational institution in the city of Tunja. The fulfillment of this purpose required an exploratory, descriptive methodology and a mixed approach, in which teachers, school directors, teaching assistants, administrators, maintenance and general services personnel, restaurant staff, students, among other interested parties participated. With the development of this proposal, it was possible to carry out a diagnosis of the current situation of solid waste produced in the educational institution Colegio San Viator in the city of Tunja, in which it was found that the lack of awareness and adequate environmental training among students and staff in general was evident; based on this diagnosis, an environmental strategy called "Ecogigantes CSV" was formulated and implemented, which included three stages: adaptation of the infrastructure, quality management and participation and education; The materialization of these moments led to a notable decrease in the amount of waste delivered to the landfill, going from 148.62 kg/day before to 50.4 kg/day after implementation, which contrasts with an increase in the amount of materials collected and used. This indicates that the strategy implemented was effective and encouraged the decrease in the production of solid waste and its use; it also allows us to deduce that an environmental awareness was generated in the educational community about the importance of reducing, reusing and recycling.