Análise da gestão integrada de resíduos sólidos: um estudo no município de Palmeiras - BA

Abstract

This dissertation seeks to identify the challenges for the implementation of the Integrated Management of Solid Waste (GIRS) in small Brazilian municipalities, under the bias of social participation and concertation between actors. For this, it analyzes the scenario of the municipality of Palmeiras, in the interior of Bahia, identifying the main social actors in the scope of solid waste management, as well as the points of conflict or convergence in the relationships established between them. As a principle of the National Solid Waste Policy, the GIRS also proves to be a strategic way to carry out the profound behavioral changes indicated by the legislation. However, neither the rigor of the law nor the good intentions of individuals and organizations seem sufficient to align interests and actions, thus promoting advances in the resolution of the complex problems inherent to the issue of solid waste. In small municipalities, some dynamics that historically characterize these spaces are added to the difficulties, such as the low qualification of public staff to deal with problems whose solution requires long-term actions and the predominance of feuds or interpersonal affections to the detriment of institutional relationships. This work also composes a proposal for Social Management Technology, which can be used to monitor public action and mobilize the community for the theme of GIRS.