Classificação dos resíduos sólidos urbanos coletados com o uso de ecobarreira em cursos de água no município de Caçapava do Sul, RS

Abstract

Today solid urban waste is a serious problem in cities, when they are disposed in inadequate places and with deficiencies in their collection can cause several environmental problems. An example would be when in times of rain these residues are transported to the streams and can cause floods, floods. Therefore, the objective of this work is to collect and classify solid urban waste in two different watercourses of the Municipality of Caçapava do Sul, using the Ecobarreiras method, which is an ecological barrier made with recyclable materials, which was placed transversally in water course, which aims to retain the floating waste that has been transported to the waterways. The same ones after collected were classified and quantified. The results obtained were that the great majority of the residues that were retained in the ecobarreiras correspond in the category of organic matter, this has to do with vegetation around the studied water bodies, followed by the plastic, metal and textile category respectively. The conclusion is that the presence of floating waste in the waterways of the municipality reflects, in part, the lack of concern on the part of the population and the governments with their effects on human and environmental health. It is in this context, to avoid the generation of floating waste, that the integration of public policies can play a fundamental role, with the aid of environmental education.