Capacitación sobre gestión adecuada de residuos en centros educativos de Pontevedra
Waste management is a problem that generates increasing concern every day. The unstoppable progress company has created a more sustainable model in which it knows how to handle the waste we generate and making them durable are two basic needs.
According to the law on waste and contaminated soils for a circular economy, any substance or object that its owner discards is understood as waste or has the intention or obligation to dispose of it. Therefore, we can consider waste as anything we want to separate.
Waste management is the set of operations carried out in treating waste from the moment of its generation to its final destination, including all activities carried out during the life cycle, from start to finish:
- Collection
- Transport
- Treatment
- Storage
- Disposal or final destination
- Maintenance after closing waste facilities including actions taken as a negotiator or agent
Waste management correction
The Xunta de Galicia and the Provincial Council of Pontevedra will collaborate to carry out initiatives that strengthen environmental education in educational centers in the province with the aim of increasing awareness among young people about the importance of proper waste management and recycling.
Therefore, the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, Ángeles Vázquez, and the President of the Provincial Council of Pontevedra, Luis López, signed a collaboration protocol this morning. The Ponte Zero program, which aims to increase awareness of the school problem, will bring knowledge to minimize its production and increase proper separation.
In this way, the latter explained to the minister, the objective is to promote civic attitudes and co-response that strengthen the environmental education carried out by the educational centers themselves, adapting the initiative program to the requirements and needs of each one.
Specifically, the intention is to reach all educational centers in the 61 municipalities in the province of Pontevedra, including students from kindergarten, primary, and secondary levels, as well as their teaching staff and families.
It is necessary for the entire population to understand the importance of responsible consumption that allows to reduce the volume of waste we generate as the need to separate different types of waste «to ensure proper recycling and transform waste into resources,» said Ángeles Vázquez.
From classrooms to families
The Pontevedra Diputacia will finance this year with 150,000 euros a series of awareness-raising activities carried out by the center for university extensions and the dissemination of the environment in Galicia (CEIDA), which, in fact, has the information, training, and education of the main functions in this area.
Among the most innovative activities planned to be carried out to protect this initiative, the minister emphasized the «Recycling Patrol» or storytelling about issues such as the impact of textile production or environmental oils and the potential uses of the respective waste.
These actions will complement activities such as training days for teachers, itinerant exhibitions, or workshops that help strengthen the concepts acquired.
In conclusion, the minister emphasized the Xunta’s commitment to environmental education and awareness as «a key tool» to strengthen the role of the younger generation in the face of global warming and towards climate neutrality.
The Galician Government launched the Youth Program for the Climate, which is an initiative that aims to educate and engage more than 10,000 Galicians, between the ages of 3 and 35, covering the early education stage to university.
Information and dissemination, with visits and events with key speakers in the field; and action promoting active participation through camps, environmental volunteering, and awards to recognize innovative initiatives by Galician children.
