Reutilização do óleo de cozinha para a produção de sabão: uma abordagem prática no ensino de química através de oficinas

Abstract

The work discusses educational workshops and the reuse of cooking oil as raw material for the production of liquid and bar soap, with the aim of promoting the practice of environmental sustainability through the reuse of cooking oil in soap production, raising awareness Incorrect disposal of used cooking oil can cause serious damage to the environment. The workshops were applied to students of the VI Stage of Youth and Adult Education at the Professor Luiz Ubiraci de Carvalho School Unit, held in two moments, the first in the classroom with the presentation of the project, awareness of the correct disposal of waste, round table with students discussing the care needed to make soap, the second moment was soap making, with the aim of training multipliers in the reuse of cooking oil for soap production. During the soap making, it was realized how efficient the workshop practice is, as the student materializes what they learned in the classroom. It is clear that after completing the workshops, students are seeking a less aggressive coexistence with the environment, recycling or reusing waste.