Destinação final de resíduos sólidos em propriedades rurais: estudo de caso do município de Pato Bragado-PR

Abstract

This study aims to identify the problems faced by properties in rural areas of the of the city of Pato Bragado regarding the disposal of solid waste and verify understanding about the implementation of selective collection for rural properties. To elaborate this panorama it was necessary to characterize the existence or not of selective collection in the rural area of the municipality. Verify the forms of final disposal of waste on rural properties. Examine the understanding of social segments about the existing mechanisms in terms of public management of solid waste and identify with environmental agencies and the associations of collectors of recyclable materials of the city the factors and current conditions of the collection process of waste. Employed the mixed methodology of exploratory character, descriptive and explanatory, documentary, bibliographic, and field, applied the quali-quantitative method evaluation of results. Used concepts about the subject from the environment defined by Sauvé (2005), Tozzoni-Reis (2001), to talk about the term sustainability and sustainable development, the authors Boff (2017), Leff (2009), Jacobi (2003), between others. Specific questionnaires were prepared for each target audience with emphasis on destination what residents give to recycled materials. All in all, were interviewees 39 individuals who reside on rural properties from the city of Pato Bragado, 12 public servants who act in the municipal executive 14 interviewed representatives of Municipal Legislative, 8 members of the Associação Bragadense de Catadores, and 25 teachers of the professional staff gives Escola Municipal Marechal Deodoro, of elementary school level I. In total, 106 interviews were collected. The obtained results present a total of 70% of interviewed defining the term sustainability. 43% of all interviewed claiming that exists selective collect on rural properties. 51% of interviewed residents point out which is not satisfactory the way the selective collection is disposed in their homes. Checked that residents need to collect, store and transport to collection points. It was found that organic waste is reused for feed the animals and/ or turn into compost. The problem is in the production of recyclable waste, whose, the plastic is the type of RS more produced in the houses. It was also found that 13% of the properties that use pesticides do not properly dispose of the packaging, and 40% of the total they couldn't answer if the destination of RS in the city is appropriate. 50% of interviewed confirm that the people that work in selective collection of the city are not socially recognized. It is therefore concluded that rural properties separate recycled materials, however, for not having an efficient selective collection, many accumulate their waste at home, to transport to the stitches, and others however, burn, bury or discard in the open. The data obtained indicate that there is a large production of recycled materials that are not intended correctly, is that collection is inefficient for rural properties in the city of Pato Bragado.