O E-Carroceiro na gestão integrada de resíduos sólidos do município de Fortaleza: um estudo de caso dos Ecopontos da Regional I

Abstract

With the development of new technologies and products, growth of urban centers, increasing population and the consequent increase in solid waste generation, along with concerns about the preservation of the environment and a dignified life and quality in urban centers, policies oriented to the management of solid waste are being more widely discussed in recent years. Many municipalities are developing public policies aimed at the management of solid urban waste. In the municipality of Fortaleza is no different, due to problems of irregular disposal of waste, the city has developed projects such as the Ecopoints and a new concept of waste management: the Ecopolo, where the E-Carroceiro Project was also implemented, with the objective of ceasing undesirable waste discards and inserting the carroceiros in the waste management of the city, making them partners in solving this problem and encouraging them to use the Ecopontos as places to dispose of waste as rubble and bulky. Facing the major challenges in the management of solid urban waste, it is important to know about policies and effective tools that solve, therefore, this work this is an exploratory and analytical, which aims to analyze whether the E-Carroceiro fulfills its role as a stimulator to correct disposal of bulky waste and debris, using quantitative data, performing a comparison between the quantity of waste received in the Ecopontos in the periods with and without the project and qualitative data, using the interview as an instrument of data collection. With the data analysis it was possible to identify the increase of materials received in the Ecopontos after the implementation of the project, concluding that the E-Carroceiro is effective in encouraging the use of these equipments by the carroceiros and that they are satisfied with the project.