Gestão das associações de materiais recicláveis para a cadeia produtiva da reciclagem: estudo de caso em duas associações em Joao Pessoa-PB

Abstract

The increase of waste generation combined with the growth of cities, causes adverse environmental impacts in the management of urban solid waste, damaging the activity of waste pickers and, consequently, the recycling chain. In this context, the objective of this work was to analyze the current management and the possible improvements to be implemented in the physical and organizational structure of the Recycling Collectors' Association, ASCARE (Bessa core) and Acordo Verde (Mangabeira core), both located in the city of João Pessoa / PB. The methodology of the work was divided in 3 stages: the visits and informal interviews with the associates in both associations; the collection of data on recyclable materials marketed between 2010-2015 with EMLUR and the analysis of the organizational structure and flow of activities through the map of processes and mapofluxogram. Of the total analyzed, paper and plastic are the most segregated materials in the capital of Paraíba and that the landfill presented the largest amount of material collected, compared to the other cores. Through the map of processes, it was found that transport and waiting are the largest activities carried out in the associations' sheds, representing respectively 38% and 21% of the total activities. In the Bessa core, the door-to-door collection carried out with trolleys was also analyzed, which presented similar behavior, 35% of transport and 24% of waiting. The mapofluxogram showed a large movement cross-section within the shed, mainly in the frontal region.