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Article Aspectos socioambientais relacionados ao trabalho e à saúde dos catadores de materiais recicláveis das cooperativas de Natal-RN(Educação Ambiental em Ação, 2018-06-14) Furukava, Marciano; Braz, Regina de Fátima dos Santos; Colombo, Ciliana Regina; Medeiros, Marjorie da Fonseca e Silva; Azevedo, Paulo Roberto Medeiros de; Souza, Maria de Fátima deThe capitalist economic model based on consumption and economic growthhas led to the generation of large volume of solid waste, that gave rise to theactivity of recyclable waste picker. The objective of this study was to evaluatesome environmental and social risks and their repercussion on the health ofrecyclable waste pickers from Natal-RN cooperatives. An instrument wasapplied with questions about socioeconomic, environmental and health aspectsof the collectors. The results showed that housing conditions related to graywater disposal were significantly associated with the frequency of diarrhea(p=0.04). The availability of PPE was considered insufficient and should beassociated with a frequency of 38.6% of cut-type accidents. The most frequentlyreported diseases were headache, spinal problems, vision problems, diarrheaand varicose veins, with respective frequencies of 71.0%; 67.1%; 37.7%; 34.3%and 24.3%. The vision and spinal problems and varicose veins were significantly more frequent in women than in men (p=0.02, p=0.03 e p=0.001,respectively). The unhealthy conditions of this activity, predispose to theappearance and / or worsening of health problems of these workersArticle Estudo sobre os aspectos sócio-econômicos dos catadores de resíduos recicláveis organizados em cooperativas na cidade de Natal - RN(FURG, 2014-08-27) Colombo, Ciliana Regina; Braz, Regina de Fatima dos Santos; Bispo, Cristina de Souza; Medeiros, Marjorie da Fonseca e Silva; Silva, Jane Ciambele Souza da; Teixeira, Marianne Torres da Costa; Sarthour, Stefferson Alves; Souza, Maria de Fátima deThe objective of the present study was establishing the socio-economic profile of the active garbage pickers, organized in two cooperatives in the city of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte state, Northeast of Brazil. A questionnaire compounded of objective questions, was applied to 70 active garbage pickers Results have shown that 58,6% of the garbage pickers are women and 41,4% are men; 37,1% are between 18 and 29 years old, 50% are between 30 and 45 years old and 14,3% are older than 46 years old. Concerning the educational level, 10% are completely illiterate, 72,9% have not completed the elementary school degree. Related to the number of workers per family, in 37,1% of the cases, only the garbage picker works in the family and in 58,6% of the families two people work, one of them the garbage picker himself. With regard to family income,, 47,1% earn less than a national minimum salary and the same percentage earns between one and two national minimum salaries; 50% receive the “Bolsa Família” as a social benefit and 17,1% has another activity to complement their income. The predominant kind of housing is the brick laid houses corresponding to 92,9% and 62,9% live in their own housing. The knowledge about the socio-economic data of the garbage pickers can be used as a basis for actions which may result in strengthening the productive chain of the solid residuesArticle Censo dos catadores de materiais recicláveis de Natal, RN(Revista Extensão e Sociedade - UFRN, 2014) Colombo, Ciliana Regina; Medeiros, Marjorie da Fonseca e Silva; Bispo, Cristina de Souza; Furukava, MarcianoThe objective of this study was the census of the collectors of recyclable materials, organized in cooperatives in Natal, considering socioeconomic, demographic and health aspects, as well as the perception of these workers about this job and the risks associated with it. An instrument consisting of objective and discursive items was applied to 70 active waste collectors in 2012, which corresponds to a census. This was done with prior approval of the directors of each cooperative, and the agreement of each respondent, whosigned a consent document. Results are expressed in percentage terms, according to the cooperative and to the gender of the respondentArticle Tecendo boas práticas de Educação Ambiental na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte/Brasil(Revista científica galego-lusófona de educación ambiental, 2015) Colombo, Ciliana Regina; Medeiros, Marjorie da Fonseca e Silva