Avaliação de planos municipais de gestão integrada de resíduos sólidos na Mesorregião do Agreste Paraibano.

Abstract

With the continuous growth of the world population and an accelerated urbanization, the generation of solid waste in cities is increasing every day. The management of these waste deserves special attention, whereas improper handling can cause environmental damage and impacts on human quality of life. From Law nº. 12.305/ 2010, which institutes the National Solid Waste Politic (PNRS), guidelines are outlined to assist in the proper management of solid waste, one of which is the elaboration of Municipal Plans for Integrated Solid Waste Management (PMGIRS) by the municipalities. The law punctuates nineteen items, making up a minimum content that the plans must cover. With the plans drawn up, cities gain an important instrument to direct the management of their waste, however, it is important that they are made according to the minimum content recommended by the PNRS, and have a minimum degree of effectiveness. Thus, this work aims to evaluate the adequacy of municipal plans for integrated management of solid waste in municipalities in the Agreste Paraibano, in accordance with the minimum content required by Law nº. 12.305 / 2010. For this purpose, the Indicators Method was adopted, which evaluates the plans on four aspects: service, quality, complexity and potential. With the application of the method, the points that are in agreement and disagreement with the legislation were observed, and later solutions were proposed for items that are sought in disagreement with the minimum content required by law in order to assist public administrations in improving their solid waste management policy. These solutions were given a degree of priority using a GUT Matrix prioritization tool, thus configuring yet another instrument that can assist public management.