Social and environmental responsibility from the use and discard of medicines

International Journal of Development Research

Volume: 
09
Article ID: 
15389
7 pages
Research Article

Social and environmental responsibility from the use and discard of medicines

Marques, R. and Xavier, C.R.

Abstract: 

The Environmental Education as a possibility to unify knowledge in the school context contributes to the formation of citizens who are critical and active in the preservation of the Environment. This study presents an analysis about the accomplishment of an Environmental Education Project with the generative theme of the use and disposal of medicines, in this way the objective was to investigate the students' perception of the use and disposal of medicines and the degree of information regarding its implications in relation to public health and / or the environment and so promote actions that reach the school community in order to raise awareness, awareness and guide to the correct final destination. The study was developed in 2017, with 95 students, from the State School Pedro Macedo in Curitiba - PR. It was possible to conclude that the thematic of the medicines contributes to the socio-environmental Responsibility with the development of actions that allow the minimization of the negative environmental impacts, potentializing discussions that emerge from the relations between human beings, society and nature.

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