Análise de indicadores da gestão de resíduos sólidos urbanos na cidade de Campina Grande (PB) a partir da percepção dos atores sociais

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the sustainability indicators that will assist the Management of Municipal Solid Waste in the city of Campina Grande (PB), considered the social, economic and environmental issues. The research is characterized as descriptive with exploratory and quantitative character. The study was conducted through a bibliographic search which served to substantiate the matter in question and subsequently a field research made all the survey describe reality through the survey. Data collection was performed with the application of 100 (one hundred) personal questionnaires made up of indicators related to the issue of solid waste, based on the studies of Gonçalves (2013), Polaz; Teixeira (2009) and Pereira (2014), which were applied to public cleaning agents, students, teachers and the participation of society in general, thus allowing the analysis of these indicators to diagnose and select those best suited to the prospect Sustainable Municipal Solid Waste Management indicated by social actors, who were responsible for the selected sustainability indicators index in the search. The results showed that the indicators: selective collection, education in schools about waste and its handling and policies for the environment are important indicators to analyze the Management of Municipal Solid Waste in Campina Grande (PB). It was concluded that the indicators have allowed an analysis related to the objective reality of the problem of Municipal Solid Waste, as well as a shift to public managers, researchers and for society concerning a proper solid waste management regarding the dimensions analyzed, not covering these policies only with peremptory character, but that the current Solid Waste Management in Campina Grande still needs further support regarding the infrastructure of the final location for the deposit of such waste, a greater incentive for the waste recycling cooperatives and finally, an integrated management between government and society, initially through environmental education and later by a structural incrementing for the city, measures which will allow a true sustainable development in Municipal Solid Waste Management.