Política pública de gestão de resíduos sólidos urbanos em municípios de pequeno porte: análise comparativa Brasil e Portugal

Abstract

The policy and management of urban waste, despite being a recurrent theme, municipalities have had difficulty in advancing in the established goals and guidelines. This finding can be verified even in different countries and regions, such as Brazil and Portugal. In the case of Brazil, through the postponement of the deadline for extinguishing dumps, and Portugal with difficulty in reaching the goals presented by the European Union and its strategic plan for urban waste – PERSU. Thus, this research aims to analyze the effectiveness of public solid waste policies in small municipalities, based on a comparative analysis of two regions, through the goals contained in their waste plans associated with the public policies presented in each location. On the one hand, the northwest region of Paraná, Brazil, through the intermunicipal consortium CICA, and on the other hand, the intermunicipal entity Resíduos do Nordeste S.A, in the northeast region of Portugal, due to the similarity in population, geography and volume of waste. Allied to the comparative case study, the research also adopts a bibliographical, normative and documental review, added to the participant’s observation. This research concluded that there was no change in the regional scenario in waste treatment, in northwest Paraná, about final disposal, and in recycling there was no information. In Portugal, in the northeast region, the first two waste plans associated with their programs made positive progress in meeting targets, but in plans and projects from 2017 onwards, the production and landfilling of urban waste increased and recycling did not show advances.