SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL STRATEGY AND SITE EMISSIONS: WHEN THE PLANNING DOES NOT GO FAR ENOUGH

摘要

According to Basic Sanitation National Research of 2008, the municipalities of Brazil collected 183,000 tons of waste daily, of which more than half was destined to inadequate open dumps. Eight years earlier, the same research counted 125,000 tons/day, where 52.8% was destined to inadequate disposal sites, representing an increase of 25,000 tons/day, or 47%, but with no relative improvements in waste destination. In this context, Rio de Janeiro State is responsible for 7%, or 16,163 lons/day, from 92 municipalities with a total of 15 million habitants. In total, in 2007, only 4 cities sent 9% of their residues to adequate landfills; 12 cities sent 36% to controlled or remediated open dumps.