Community perception of odor pullution from a landfill in Brasilian Eastern Amazon
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.6008/CBPC2179-6858.2021.005.0018Keywords:
Community perception, Landfill, Odor intensity, Odor pollution, AmazonAbstract
Landfill odor pollution is a component of the pollutants that affect the human environment. Landfill odor issues and complaints were made through the media, official complaints and protests from people who live near the Marituba Waste Processing and Treatment Center (WPTC) or commonly called Marituba landfill. This study tries to get feedback from people living near the landfill; For this, a study was conducted through a questionnaire applied to the residents around the landfill within a 4 km radius of the landfill. The study involves a perception survey to determine the landfill's influence on social, health, well-being, government influence on the problem, perception of air quality and discomfort. The results of the questionnaires show that the risks that the population perceives to live near the Marituba landfill are related to their physical health and the effects on the physical and social environment. Residents are dissatisfied with the air quality due to bad odors caused by Marituba WPTC in the area. In the context of the discussion on the self-perception of the impact of Marituba WPTC, this shows that odors and proximity to the landfill, produces a negative and discontented emotion in the population. The study found a consensus that the intense smell of the Marituba landfill causes discomfort to residents as well as being a possible cause of respiratory diseases. In addition, the population attributes the presence of flies as a greater possibility of contracting a gastrointestinal disease as well as diseases transmitted by vectors such as Zika, dengue and Chikungunya. On the other hand, the results of the interviews show that there is a temporary variation in air quality, with the smell being worse at night, after rains and the winter season. The results of this research must be considered in the definition of public policies for the location of new landfills and in the implementation of actions to mitigate the negative impact of existing landfills.
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