Belém’s municipal city hall – ‘Prefeitura Municipal de Belém’ – is dependent on the
destination of its solid waste to the Marituba municipal landfill – ‘Aterro Municipal de
Marituba’ – and sees in encouraging recycling a solution to reduce this need. In this
scenario, analyzing the solid waste management conditions in the city of Belém is a
starting point on the search of practical solutions based on the application of
instruments provided in the national solid waste policy – ‘Política Nacional de Resíduos
Sólidos (PNRS)’, established by Law Nº 10.305/2010. This research sought to analyze
the panorama of solid waste management in Belém sourcing information available in
the national sanitation information system – ‘Sistema Nacional de Informações de
Saneamento’, the brazilian association of public cleaning and special waste companies
– ‘Associação Brasileira de Empresas de Limpeza Pública e Resíduos Especiais’, and
Belém city hall – ‘Prefeitura Municipal de Belém’. The results showed that the efforts
of municipal management are focused on the collection and disposal of waste to the
landfill. Demonstrating the lack of structured public policy focused on recycling,
adjustments were identified with the purpose of creating a plan to enhance recycling
levels through the achievement of goals related to administrative adequacy and the
operational structure management, the establishment of a project bank, the
improvement of recycling index and composting stimulus.
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