Iniciativas sustentáveis: reutilização de óleo de cozinha para produção de sabão em barra em São Bento - MA

Abstract

The production of soap from used cooking oil is a sustainable and relevant practice in the context of environmental management. The environmental impacts resulting from the inadequate disposal of solid and liquid waste without prior treatment, leading to soil and water contamination, are of significant importance in aspects related to public health issues. The disorganized population increase contributed to this problem, which led to greater consumption of products and thus generating a large amount of waste. An alternative to reducing this problem is the reuse of waste as raw material for the production of new products. And one of these wastes is used cooking oil discarded without any treatment in nature, causing degradation of the environment. Therefore, this work aimed to investigate the reuse of used cooking oil, the manufacture of bar soap, in the Alegre neighborhood in the city of São Bento, Maranhão. This study was structured through bibliographical research, scientific articles, monographs related to the topic available on the internet and an interview with some residents of the neighborhood, the main question being what is done with the cooking oil used in their homes. To prevent used cooking oil from being released into the sewage system and rivers, several cities in Brazil have created and encouraged recycling methods