Open AccessDesafios das administrações municipais na implementação da Política Nacional dos Resíduos Sólidos: o caso do Curimataú Paraibano
Author(s) -
Ceres Grehs Beck,
Josiete da Silva Mendes
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
principia/revista principia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2447-9187
pISSN - 1517-0306
DOI - 10.18265/1517-03062015v1n37p42-52
Subject(s) - municipal solid waste , political science , government (linguistics) , population , business , welfare economics , public administration , agricultural science , engineering , waste management , environmental health , economics , medicine , environmental science , philosophy , linguistics
The National Solid Waste Policy (PNRS) set out by the 12.305/2010 law defines changes regarding the collection and disposal of solid waste in Brazil, as well as the construction of landfills which should have brought the “public dumps”to an end until 2014. In order to understand the challenges faced by municipal governments in implementing the PNRS, interviews were conducted with eight mayors of the Paraiba Curimataú Region and two technicians from the Brazilian Institute of Environment. After analyzing the speeches, it was found that none of the municipality implemented the required landfill. Despite knowing about the Law 12.305, they pointed out the need to prioritize other claims and argued that the population should also be aware of the problem. Other challenges are related to the lack of their own existing resources and the need to receive financial and technical support from other government levels