Análise da implementação da coleta seletiva do município de São Borja: exame dos primeiros passos do projeto transformar

Abstract

This research analyzes the implementation of selective collection in the municipality of São Borja / RS, which occurs through the public policy called Transform. The study seeks some questions, such as: How is an environmental public policy operationalized in a small town? What are the main challenges? What can be done to perfect it? To this end, we seek to know the functioning of the Transform Project, map the main actors involved in the implementation of public policy, identify the main difficulties encountered in the implementation and suggest actions to encourage selective collection in the municipality. This is a descriptive and prescriptive qualiquanti research, which adopts the case study method to perform the analysis. The data collection instruments used were participant observation, bibliographic and documentary research, semi-structured interviews and a survey with a sample of the municipality's population. Of the difficulties identified in the implementation of the Transform Project, the most important is the small amount of recyclable material that reaches the sorting center due to the amount of waste produced in the municipality, since the larger the volume of recyclables collected, the larger the number of picker families that can benefit. Preliminarily, one of the main causes of this scenario is due to the lack of awareness of society, which, although it knows that the selective collection service exists, as well as knows ways of separation of household waste, still does not know the work of collectors and the operation of the Transform Project. However, considering the recent implementation of public policy and the volume of resources invested, it can be said that the process is slow but constantly evolving, although it still has a long way to go.