A produção de resíduos sólidos urbanos entre 2001 e 2012 no município de João Pessoa-PB

Abstract

With the increase in the number of inhabitants residing in cities, a series of environmental and housing problems arise, one of these problems is the amount of solid waste produced in these urban environments. The management of urban solid waste is one of the many environmental issues that deserve attention in the contemporary world. In this sense, this research aims to analyze the spatial-temporal variability of the production of solid waste between the years 2001 and 2012 produced in the city of João Pessoa. This study used secondary data collected at the Autarquia Especial Municipal de Limpeza Urbana – EMLUR. Data were treated and organized in electronic spreadsheets and then imported into a GIS environment for the construction of thematic maps. The results obtained in this study showed that the production of solid waste in João Pessoa presents a stagnation for the period analyzed, despite the increase in population, and that, of the 64 neighborhoods analyzed, 10 concentrate 50.12% of the total produced. The analysis of the per capita production of the 10 most populous neighborhoods in the city shows that five neighborhoods present values above what was described by the National Sanitation Information System, of the Ministry of Regional Development - SNIS.