An Experience of Participatory
Construction of Solid Waste
Management and Environmental
Education Indicators
on a University Campus
Antonio Carlos Merger Jr., Daniela Cássia Sudan
and Evandro Watanabe
Abstract The increase in the production of solid waste is related to serious impacts
on climate change of the planet owing to emission of greenhouse gases, such as
methane (CH
4
). Therefore, indicators, which are tools developed to evaluate and
maintain control over a process of interest, can be used to measure how relevant
these impacts are or can be. There are many initiatives, results and challenges in the
solid waste management and environmental education areas in high education
institutions, but there are just a few studies about structured indicators that were
implemented in a systematic way. Considering these facts, this study aims to
contribute to the topic of indicators, focusing in domestic solid waste. To do so, we
will present: a research of scientific productions about this topic, at international
and national levels; domestic solid waste management and environmental education
indicators under development on the University of São Paulo’s campus in Ribeirão
Preto city. The adoption of indicators is relevant to broaden the possibilities for
evaluation and reflection on the impacts of what is implemented in the high edu-
cation institution, reverberating in the improvement and enhancement of actions
and results to achieve the sustainability in universities.
Keywords Indicators
Á
Solid waste management
Á
Environmental education
University
A. C. Merger Jr. (&) Á D. C. Sudan
Environmental Management, University of São Paulo,
Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
e-mail: antonio.merger@usp.br
E. Watanabe
School of Dentistry of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo,
Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
© Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Towards Green Campus Operations, World Sustainability
Series, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76885-4_50
763