Gestão de residuos sólidos: estudo de caso sobre descarte de vidros automotivos

Abstract

In recent years, there has been a global trend in reusing products thrown in the trash to make new objects through the recycling process, which represents saving raw material and energy provided by nature. Brazil is newly developing in what concenrs recycling of automotive vehicles. Only 1.5% of the Brazilian fleet out of circulation receives the proper destination, while in Europe and the United States the rate is over 50% and, according to European legislation, by 2015, recycling is expected to reach 95% of the vehicle. This work presents an overview on the current situation of waste disposal of automotive glass in São Gabriel from data collection in field. We obtained a small sample due to the lack of legalization of sales and installation of automotive glass, thus generating an inaccuracy in quantitative terms of the total demand in the city. Despite the lack of quantitative data on the precise number of automotive glasses exchanged, we determined a lack of control of the municipal authorities over disposal and a failure to comply with current legislation (PNRS). We noticed a lack of public policies to solve the problem so as to present solutions as to monitor and demand existing regulations.