Avaliação do gerenciamento de resíduos sólidos urbanos por meio de indicadores de sustentabilidade no município de Nazarezinho-PB.

Abstract

The population increase mainly concentrated in urban regions, industrialization of products, causing the generation of consumer goods increasingly faster and in greater quantities, the use of materials potentially contaminating the environment in their composition, associated with the lack of appropriate final disposal sites in the city. most Brazilian municipalities make waste management a contemporary challenge. In view of this reality, many studies have been developed on this topic, seeking to diagnose and propose viable solutions for improving the management of urban solid waste. In this regard, the objective of this research is to investigate the process of collection and final disposal of solid urban waste in the city of Nazarezinho-PB, as well as the environmental and social consequences resulting from its management. The research contains both qualitative and quantitative approaches to the disposal of solid urban waste. The methodology adopted for the development of the work was based on Milanez (2002) following the adaptation made by Castro (2016), in which the sustainability indicators are transformed from qualitative to quantitative for a better understanding of the information, these were adjusted to the reality of the project. County. In data collection, questionnaires were applied to groups of different social actors in the urban area of ​​the aforementioned municipality. After analyzing the data, it was found that among the thirty sustainability indicators evaluated, nineteen were classified as FAVORABLE and eleven as FAVORABLE, however, most FAVORABLE indicators refer to questions about knowledge of the importance of proper management of urban solid waste. and its dangers when this does not occur, with only two not related to opinion, but focused on effective actions. While the UNFAVORABLE indicators, even in smaller quantities, are directly related to the management of solid waste in the locality, such as: absence of reuse of materials, existence of dumps near the homes and contamination of the population due to this proximity. Thus, the research showed the need for immediate changes in the management of urban solid waste in the municipality of Nazarezinho-PB.