SOLID WASTE IN BRAZILIAN BASIC EDUCATION IN THE LIGHT OF CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW

Authors

  • Lorrayne Isidoro Gonçalves Laboratory of Innovations in Therapies, Teaching and Bioproducts (LITEB) of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute - FIOCRUZ. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9478-3146
  • Roberto José Gervásio Unger Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Health Sciences Center. Anna Nery School of Nursing. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1815-2585
  • Anna Cristina Calçada Carvalho Laboratório de Inovações em Terapias, Ensino e Bioprodutos (LITEB) do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - FIOCRUZ. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0128-942X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35699/edur.v42i42.54644

Keywords:

critical environmental education, solid waste, trash, school, integrative review

Abstract

We analyzed academic production on the teaching of solid waste in Brazilian basic education based on an integrative review of publications between 2018 and 2022. The CAPES Journal Portal, the CAPES Theses and Dissertations Catalog, the Brazilian Digital Library of Theses were consulted. and Dissertations, Google Scholar and the annals of ENPEC and CONEDU. The keywords used for the search were: “garbage”, “solid waste”, “education”, “teaching”, “school”. The themes were categorized by Braun and Clarke's thematic analysis (2006) and the teaching modalities followed Krasilchik's classification (2004). Of the 931 studies identified, 109 addressed teaching experiences about solid waste in Brazilian basic education. A third of the studies were published in 2019 (33%), 42% were carried out in the northeast, 60% involved initiatives in Elementary Education and public schools were the location of most of the work (84%). The teaching experiences were diverse, most of which were developed through lectures, practical classes and projects in different disciplines. Waste management and consumption reduction were the main thematic categories identified. Most of the educational practices addressed the teaching of solid waste in a technical way; Few studies have discussed the socioeconomic and cultural causes, as well as the collective responsibility for waste management. A contextualized approach to each reality, involving the school community and its surroundings, can contribute to promoting more critical and integrative practices regarding solid waste at school.

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Author Biographies

  • Lorrayne Isidoro Gonçalves, Laboratory of Innovations in Therapies, Teaching and Bioproducts (LITEB) of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute - FIOCRUZ. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.

    PhD in progress at the Postgraduate Course in Bioscience and Health Teaching (IOC-FIOCRUZ) in the area of ​​critical environmental education, teaching about solid waste and teacher training in the school environment. Master of Science (IOC-FIOCRUZ), biologist and professor (UFRJ). Brazilian champion of the Brazilian Neuroscience Olympiad, where she represented Brazil in Denmark, winning 2nd place in patient diagnosis in 2016. She spoke about her career at TEDx Laçador in Rio Grande do Sul. In the educational area, she has editorial experience in production, prototyping of activities and review of 56 textbooks for Early Childhood Education and Elementary Education students in STEAM and maker culture (TEC Educação). Experience leading STEAM certification for more than 600 basic education teachers in the country. In the health area, she has experience with data collection, management and analysis, education of children and caregivers of tuberculosis, tuberculosis in adolescence. Her interests include: critical environmental education, health education, thematic analysis, integrative review, data management, epidemiology and planetary health.

  • Roberto José Gervásio Unger, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Health Sciences Center. Anna Nery School of Nursing. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.

    Master's degree in Information Science from IBICT/UFF; Bachelor's degree in Library Science and Documentation from Universidade Federal Fluminense. Works in the Reference Department of the Postgraduate Library of the Anna Nery School of Nursing, Health Sciences Center, at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Provides training in Bibliographic Research in Databases (PBBD). Develops Planning and Execution of Bibliographic Search Strategy (PEB), for literature reviews (systematic, integrative, scoping, narrative). Works and provides training with EndNote (bibliographic reference manager). Works with reviewing citations and bibliographic references (ABNT, Vancouver, APA, Chicago, etc.); for standardization of scientific work and combating plagiarism.

  • Anna Cristina Calçada Carvalho, Laboratório de Inovações em Terapias, Ensino e Bioprodutos (LITEB) do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - FIOCRUZ. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.

    Graduation in Medicine from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1988), where he continued his training in Infectious Diseases with a Medical Residency (1992), or Master (1996) and Doctorate (1999) in the area. In Italy he continued his academic training, initially as a Dr. Sanduíche at the Escola de Especializaçao em Estatística Médica e Epidemiologia da Università degli Studi di Pavia (1998) and later as a Dr. em Metodologia da Experimentação Clinica (2005) and in Appropriate Methodologies and Techniques. in International Cooperation for Development (2013), both at the University of Brescia. During her stay in Italy she was a contract professor in the discipline of Social Statistics (2004) and the Tuberculosis Training course (2005-2012) both at the University of Bresica and she was a professor of the Tropical Medicine Course and Health Cooperation of the University of Studi di Firenze (2006-2012). She participated as a consultant and as a teacher in training courses for health professionals in international cooperation projects in Brazil, Angola and Moçambique. In March 2013 she returned to Brazil after being approved in a public competition for public health researcher at FioCruz and currently exercises her activities as a researcher at the Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC), in the Laboratory of Innovations in Therapies, Training and Bioproducts (LITEB), developing or His work in clinical research and health education projects in the area of ​​infectious diseases, with particular emphasis on tuberculosis. Currently, he is a permanent post-graduation teacher in the Biosciences and Health Sciences Department of IOC-Fiocruz, post-graduation collaborator teacher in the Medical Clinic of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), post-graduation counselor at the National Institute of Infectology (INI) and integrates the Pediatric Tuberculose Area Coordination of the Brazilian Tuberculose Research Network (REDE-TB).

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2026-04-29

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SOLID WASTE IN BRAZILIAN BASIC EDUCATION IN THE LIGHT OF CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION: AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW. edur [Internet]. 2026 Apr. 29 [cited 2026 May 1];42(42). Available from: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/edrevista/article/view/54644