CONCEPÇÕES SOBRE MEIO AMBIENTE E SOCIEDADE ENTRE AGENTES COLETORES DE MATERIAIS RECICLÁVEIS

Abstract

Our society is confronting with a significant increase in the natural resources consumption rates, resulting not only on commitment of these resources, as well as, in the exponential elevation of residues production, especially, solids. But, it is not only restricted to big cities, or capital, it is observed this consumption with no – order in small cities. Linked to all problems, we have the appearance of an essential character on this process which is the renewable material collector agent, or in the old day garbage collector, who gets from big cities some material as trash. According to it, this work has the aim to analyse conceptions which renewable material collectors agents have on environment, social inclusion or exclusion about perspective and living. It had been carried out an interview with semi-structured questionnaire with 37 questions, 12 collectors agents of renewable material, distributed in the municipal districts of Paraíba: Areia, Alagoa Grande and Remígio. After the application, data were table and organized in three discursive theme: social-demographic aspects of colectors agents of renewable material; enviromenmental and social conceptions of collectors of renewable material; environmental and social invisibility process; prejudice on routine of these workers. Iniatially it was observed that these workers are being subjected to social exclusion, due to opportunity lack in other areas, as a consequence of low schoolarship. Interviwers consider important environmental agents, but when asked about general aspects linked to its work as a definition of environment, it is idetified a general vision, superficial about theme, in the majority to a simple naturalist conception. It had been observed that many collectors suffered with prejudice attitudes of society in a stereotype way, being “accepted” as normal which it is obligated, with influence on this life quality. Beyond, it was identified that a lack of connection among public politics like SRNP and EENP whit the reality in which collectors are inserted. So, it can be confirmed that is necessary that the State, with town halls get ways to garantee an improvement on work conditions and life quality of these agents.