Análise quali-quantitativa da dispersão dos resíduos sólidos na praia do Meireles, Fortaleza-CE

Abstract

Described as one of the postcards of the city of Fortaleza, in the State of Ceará, Meireles Beach is a national tourist attraction, which receives a large number of tourists, including in the low season because of its paradisiacal scenery, sunny for most of the year. Besides being quite frequent during the holiday months. Given this scenario, the site is susceptible to the accumulation of solid and organic waste taken to the coastal environment by both tourists and the local population, thus leading to environmental degradation. Thus the objective of the study was to make a qualitative and quantitative survey of the litter dispersed in a stretch of the sand of Iracema Beach in order to ascertain the distribution, type and main characteristics of the residues present in the study site. For this, a pilot site visit was carried out to determine the stretch that would be the target of the study and the dimensions of the sample transects. The main pollutant was the solid waste of the plastic category, which represented 46.8% of all the garbage collected in the 8 collections. In July, the quantity of this type of waste increased considerably. Thus, measures aimed at the reduction of solid waste in coastal environments should be negotiated between public entities, private initiative and civil society in the creation, implementation and monitoring of actions aimed at raising awareness among all those involved in the problem.