Avaliação da fração reciclável presente nos resíduos sólidos urbanos domiciliares gerados em condomínio residencial na cidade de Curitiba-PR

Abstract

A poll was held among the dwellers of a residential condominium in the Juvevê Neighborhood in Curitiba-PR in September 2008 as to survey their willingness to carry out the Waste Sorting Program that the city administration holds in Curitiba. Three stages have made up the methodology used. The first stage was a bibliographic research aiming to build up a theoretical references set on which to support the economical and environmental viability on alternative money making from selling the recyclable portion within the urban solid waste produced in residential condos. The second stage occurred through sample analyzing the buildings’ residents according to their reported experience concerning waste sorting in condominiums as well as through looking into the facts of the program as it is carried today. While the third stage has comprised the urban solid waste characterization and packing, as well as its sorting out and weighing. In each building there has been collecting, sorting, and weighing of the waste; and afterwards those portions which were recyclable and therefore feasible for selling have been separated. The information gathered through the study was shown to all the other condo dwellers as a means of eliciting their qualified joining in the program and these data were also helpful for a comparative study to the City’s Environment Secretary Data. The study results point towards some challenge and opportunities which are basically associated with environmental education for the community; and with having the society involved in solving problems linked to waste management.