The computer: My friend, my enemy

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Introduction: Over the years, computers have increasingly begun to participate in our lives and in routine activities. But with this breakthrough, we become more dependent on them. He is our daily agent as a friend and ally, from the beginning to the end. However, it can become our enemy, because all electronic products have chemical elements that can be harmful to the environment and people, being no different from computers. Methodology: Thus, we can say that there is a hidden enemy in them. This enemy is in its chemical elements that, discarded incorrectly, or not undergoing proper sorting and separation, can bring harm to those around you. Results: It was thinking about this fact, that an education project aimed to bring knowledge about the subject to students of public schools in the city of Dourados - MS, where they were presented didactic contents related to the theme, lectures, seminars and use of virtual tools in the modalityade EAD.  Conclusion: In this educational project were presented not only the problems, but also the ways of reusing the main components of computers, as well as norms and public policies on the subject. A collection of data was madeon the degree of awareness of the students before and after the development of the actions proposed in the project.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.56238/alookdevelopv1-154