Gerenciamento dos resíduos sólidos urbanos: cenário atual em São Luis - MA

Abstract

The questions of solid waste in Brazil has widely discussed in society, then daily tons of these material are made, generating a huge problem for destínation. !n the current scenario, the solid waste from São Luís, are collected and transported by a private company, there Ecopontos that are places to receve those waste, the Centro Ambiental Ribeira and the Centro de Gereciamento Ambiental Titara, main destinations of waste, in addition to cooperatives that also perform this Service. The present work have as objective general characterize the current scenario from management of solid waste urban from the city of São Luís; in addition to investigating the generation and waste collection solid; checks the operaíion of Ecopontos from the town and the destination of dry waste and identify the final disposition of these potentially reusable and recyclable. Therefore, was used search qualitative of data colletion on application of quiz in interviews with social actors investigated, as well as the photographic record of Centro Ambiental Ribeira. The results showed that despite the existence of Ecopoints, what is still seen in the city are the formation of dumps, solid waste thrown near the PEV's, the lack of awareness of the population in relation to the proper treatment of waste