SELECTIVE COLLECTION: A STUDY ON THE BRAZILIAN SCENARIO

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.9732142231109

• Palavras-chave: Selective collect, Recycling, Waste, Solid Urban Waste.

• Keywords: Selective collect, Recycling, Waste, Solid Urban Waste.

• Abstract:

  The generation of Urban Solid Waste (MSW) in Brazil is in full acceleration, making the final destination more and more difficult. Incorrect disposal has been causing negative impacts to the environment as a whole, polluting the soil, air and groundwater. Recycling contributes significantly to the reduction of MSW destined for sanitary landfills. And the application of selective collection included in the National Solid Waste Policy (PNRS) Law 12305/2010, in which Brazilian municipalities must implement, contributes to this final destination of MSW. The present study aims to delimit the application of selective collection and the current scenario in the country. A bibliographic review was carried out on the subject and the 2020 annual recycling report of the National Association of Recyclable Material Collectors (ANCAT) and Pragma Soluções Sustentáveis ​​was used, with LCA Consultores and the National Panorama of Solid Waste as a technical partner. Urbanos 2021 from the Brazilian Association of Public Cleaning and Special Waste Companies (ABRELPE), which brings data on selective collection in Brazil. Although selective collection is in a superficial stage, it is possible to verify an advance in the sector that has been better seen as a way of generating income and work by the municipalities. having as a technical partner LCA Consultores and the National Panorama of Urban Solid Waste 2021 of the Brazilian Association of Public Cleaning and Special Waste Companies (ABRELPE), which brings data on selective collection in Brazil. Although selective collection is in a superficial stage, it is possible to verify an advance in the sector that has been better seen as a way of generating income and work by the municipalities. having as a technical partner LCA Consultores and the National Panorama of Urban Solid Waste 2021 of the Brazilian Association of Public Cleaning and Special Waste Companies (ABRELPE), which brings data on selective collection in Brazil. Although selective collection is in a superficial stage, it is possible to verify an advance in the sector that has been better seen as a way of generating income and work by the municipalities.