Retorno financeiro para o poder público advindo do aumento da separação de materiais recicláveis domésticos

Abstract

In order to avoid recyclable materials to be destined to the landfill together with other residues, there is an alternative which is to separate them by the Selective Waste Collection process. This process starts at the residues generation source and needs awareness and participation of the population. In this context, the present work aims to analyze the beneficial impacts of increased separation of domestic recyclable materials for selective waste collection in the city of Londrina - PR, using the comparison of 2 scenarios, the first one, where selective collection does not change, which means, maintaining the 8.22% recovery rate of household recyclables. The second scenario, which selective collection is to increase its effectiveness of 8.22% until it can recover 31.9% of recyclable materials. It was observed that if scenario 2 happens, the municipality of Londrina will notoriously reduce expenditures with the landfill and reduce its area, generating less negative impacts on the environment. Thus, the advantage of increasing the recovery rate of recyclable materials by selective collection in the city of Londrina - PR is explicit.