Municipal planning in solid waste management and organization of selective collection

ABSTRACT

This work aims at the analysis of Municipal Integrated Solid Waste Management Plans (PMGIRS), as the minimum content required under by the law number 12.305/2010, regarding the implementation of selective waste collection. The Brazilian National Solid Waste Policy (PNRS) tiered solid waste management: non-generation, reduction, reuse, recycling, treatment and environmentally correct final disposal of wastes, as well as the shared responsibility between public and private sectors. In this context, the selective collection proves to be a key tool for this hierarchy, being the PMGIRS important in the definition of actions required to achieve the desired goals. To this end, 17 elaborated plans of municipalities with population over 200 thousand inhabitants were analyzed. The analysis concludes by non-compliance of the majority of the sample studied, in aspects of selective collection and recycling, for failing to meet the minimum requirements of the PNRS. However, the plans reflect a predisposition for change and increase the scale given to the service provided.

Keywords:
selective collection; integrated solid waste management plans; recycling.