Diagnóstico gravimétrico de resíduos sólidos gerados em um prédio residencial da cidade de Caruaru - PE

Abstract

We are currently faced with a large increase of the populations around the world and for this reason the products' consumer grows every day and consequently the solid waste comes along with this problem. In fact, the environmental impacts has never been a subject to be worried by the population for the last few years, so the natural resources were eventually affected in their majority. In addition to the harmed natural resources, the accumulation of solid waste without treatment brings up to the population various social disorders. In Brazil, the selective collection theme is becoming more popular. The problem of accumulation is worrying when it focuses on locations where are large concentrations of people. Buildings and residential building are such an examples that it produces a significant volume of solid waste and it has never been noticed by the government or habitants around it. The implementation of selective collection in a wild and organized way in the cities may be a good idea to avoid the big amount of leftovers that happens nowadays in landfills and dumps scattered. But also, this kind of service in the residential buildings requires an effort divided into steps to integrate the changing process of resident's routine in their daily basis. A diagnosis to quantify the waste generated and find improvements to direct recyclable waste is required. This academic work conducted a survey of waste generated within a residential building in the city of Caruaru-PE in four weeks, characterizing and quantifying the recyclable waste where it was found their financial potential in the recycling market and proposed the use of the gain financial benefit to inside the building for the benefit of residents, as well as the implementation of selective collection.