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Educação Ambiental como uma possível solução para a redução dos microplásticos – estudo de caso: Rio Pomba - Santo Antônio de Pádua/RJ
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A Brazilian case study used environmental education initiatives along the Pomba River to raise community awareness about microplastic contamination from industrial and domestic effluents in the watershed. The work highlights that community engagement and environmental literacy are essential complements to technical remediation efforts for reducing microplastic inputs into freshwater systems.
Ações antrópicas vêm de forma crescente potencializando a degradação do meio ambiente. Com o advento do plástico e seu constante uso no processo de industrialização, percebe-se que surge um problema. Os rios recebem cargas de efluentes industriais e domésticos saturados de pequenas partículas plásticas, denominadas microplásticos (MPs). A proposta do presente trabalho é despertar o interesse na comunidade local de conhecer um pouco mais a bacia hidrográfica do rio Pomba, e sensibilizar por meio da Educação Ambiental à população para discutir possíveis impactos dos resíduos sólidos, sendo o microplástico, objeto de estudo no trecho do rio Pomba, localizado em Santo Antônio de Pádua-RJ.
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