Análise da política nacional dos resíduos sólidos à luz do paradigma do desenvolvimento sustentável

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the Solid Waste National Policy (PNRS) under the principle of the sustainable development. From the end of the 20th Century, because of the technological advances and of the expansion of the industry, the society started to consume more, both in quantity and diversity of products. In the 21st Century, the development of the internet and the expansion of its range to a large part of the world population started a standard which was named by the doctrine as the hyper-consumption. The growing consumption of products and the consequent disposal of solid waste is aggravating the environmental pollution, which is causing countries to concern about the disposal of such waste. In Brazil, this concern originated the Solid Waste National Policy, which was established by law n. 12,305/2010. The article 6 of this law provides that the sustainable development must be one of the principles that shall guide the PNRS, which can be perceived in many other provisions of the PNRS, such as the management of life cycle of materials and the shared liability of the polluters.Although Law 12305/2010 was an important step in the search for solutions for the disposal of solid waste in the last decades, it still does not show enough to solve the question, considering that the municipalities are not even putting into practice the determinations Provided for in the aforementioned legal provision, with integrated action between the federal government, states and municipalities, as well as the contribution of private companies and the population in general.The methodology used in the elaboration of this article was logic, deductive and bibliographic.