Levantamento de resíduos dos laboratórios da UFFS, Campus Realeza - PR, e proposta de atividades com foco em química verde

Abstract

Based on the need to discussing questions linked to Green Chemistry at Higher Education institutions, the objective of this work was to show the impacts of chemical waste generated from practical activities developed during a Chemistry Teaching degree program, at the Realeza campus of the Federal University of Fronteira Sul (UFFS), and propose actions to reduce these impacts. For this, qualitative and quantitative analyses of reagents used in chemistry experimental classes, were performed, having as basis, the identification of the most used and toxic reagents, described during experimental classes protocols, in the period from 2014 to 2015. With the obtained data, it was possible to present the panorama of waste generated during experimental classes and problematize the subject in academia. This discussion led to the proposal of actions focused on Green Chemistry which seek to reduce the quantity of reagents used in experimental classes as well as practice sustainable actions.