Environmental analysis of enterprises for collectors recyclable materials, Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
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https://doi.org/10.6008/CBPC2179-6858.2020.005.0044Keywords:
Environment, Solid waste, RecyclingAbstract
The collectors of recyclable materials return the raw material to the productive sector. They seek in selective collection a way of acquiring work and income, and contributing to environmental management, preventing recyclable materials being disposed wrong way. In addition to generating employment and income. The objective of work was to analyze from an environmental perspective the benefits of the selective collection of solid urban waste carried out by recyclable material collectors. It is a qualitative research that involved five enterprises of recyclable material collectors that operate in the city of Campina Grande (100%), state of Paraíba. The survey took place from 2018 to 2019. During the study, the monthly average recovery was found to be 51.08 tons of paper and cardboard, 11.2 tons of plastic, 3.8 tons of metal, 0.17 tons of glass and 0.61 tons of other materials, making a monthly average of 67 tons of recyclable materials destined for the recycling Market. The mitigation of several negative impacts on human and environmental health was observed, such as the reduction of impacts the extraction, transportation and processing of raw materials and the use of fossil fuels used as raw materials in industry. Natural resources water, energy, among others, were spared. The work that recyclable material collectors are carrying out in the management of urban solid waste, avoids over-pollution, pollution and contamination in terrestrial, aquatic, atmospheric, industrial and urban systems, in addition to generating jobs and income.
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