Composição gravimétrica de resíduos sólidos recicláveis domiciliares no meio rural de Chopinzinho – PR

Abstract

According to changes of the paradigm on world consumption, it has become essential the integrated management of solid household waste, as indicated by National Solid Waste Policy. On rural area this is a real problem that grows constantly. Neither nationally nor internationally has this problem been studied with special attention. This report shows the monitoring of gravimetric households solid waste and property directories (Index of Income Diversification, Total Gross Income, Agricultural Income, “Other Incomes”, Agricultural Incomes, Profitable Agricultural Area, Monthly Financial Value on Consumption and Distance from Rural Area to the Urban Center), and their relation to monthly production of solid waste on 31 family farm homes in Chopinzinho for 12 months (ron April/2010 to March/2011). The annual per capita recorded was 5.48 kg of waste, with the occurrence of plastic (46.47%), paper and cardboard (27.18%), glass (13.28%), metal (8.58%), multi-layer (3.00%), others (0.98%) and polystyrene (0.52%). No textile, mixed material and rubber were identified. A significant variation in the average production of waste was recorded in December and August, which were the highest ones. Among seasons of the year no significant variation occurred on waste average production, it happened only on gravimetric composition of paper and cardboard, glass, multi-layer and others. Economic indexes, such as monthly expenses, total income, agriculture income, and others, were determiners on production volume of households waste. The family monthly expenses (R$ 320,21) with hygiene and cleaning products did not present significant changes on this period. There is no correlation between rural households distance from the urban commercial center and waste production. Managing the household waste goes further than organizing a selective collection. Nowadays is essential to create new laws in order to place the responsibility on manufactures for global life cycle of its products, whether in urban or rural areas.