The National Policy on Solid Waste (PNRS, Law No. 12,305 / 10) establishes guidelines for the
correct destination of the generated waste, since the inadequate management of waste can
cause serious environmental, social and economic problems, affecting health and quality of
population life. Depending on the principles of the legislation, the present work recognizes
the economic and social value of the reusable and recyclable solid waste as a generator of
work and income and promoter of citizenship. In this sense, the objective is to propose the
implementation of a Sorting and Composting Center for solid urban waste combined with an
environmental education space. The defined location started from the understanding of the
waste collection route carried out in the municipality and the current location of the Landfill,
thus being located in the west of Macapá. The following research procedures were used: (1)
bibliographic survey on the theme of sustainability in urban policies and basic sanitation aimed
at solid waste; (2) design references of spaces already built linked to the needs program; (3)
exploratory research through interview, field visit and local diagnosis. The research enabled
the understanding of the problem of the final disposal of solid waste in the municipality and
how the lack of information regarding the correct disposal of these materials comes from an
institutional absence of collection of recyclable material. As a result, the proposal for the
Waste Sorting and Environmental Education Center was developed in order to contribute to
the constitution of a local public policy by encouraging practices of conscious consumption,
recycling and reuse of materials until their final disposal.
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