Evaluation of integrated municipal solid waste in Brazil compared to developed countries

摘要

http://dx.doi.org/10.5902/2236130814408 Management of urban municipal waste has become an increasing problem for governments in developing countries, in the last decades. Not only the developing countries but also the developed ones have introduced restrictive environmental legislations with the objective of optimization of waste treatment and waste disposal programs. The main objective of the present paper is to investigate the real situation of this scenario and in developed countries, showing the results and tracing a parallel comparative and critical. Are transcribed and analyzed the data obtained at each stage of an Integrated Solid Waste Management – GIRSU. Important findings are reported, such as the high level of investment by developed countries, inverted in awareness campaigns for implementing a GIRSU effective, as well as remarkable contrasts between recycling rates in Brazil than differential block of this others countries, that is, 2% and 20%, respectively, in the total amount of waste generated. The final assessment is that the big difference is about economic incentive policy of the block of developed countries in terms of subsidies, compared to the Brazilian case.