Resíduos sólidos : risco ambiental e políticas públicas de proteção do meio ambiente no município de Passo Fundo

Abstract

This research is about the solid waste produced by humans that enter the environment, harming the ecosystem. Conceptually it is delimited between the decisive action of public policies, the consideration of environmental risk and the effective disposal of solid waste in general analysis and , following, in Passo Fundo (RS). Thus, even considering the environmental risk, it is possible to reduce the negative impact of solid waste produced by humans and released to nature through effective public policies that bring together sustainable development? Especially, the environmental impact of solid waste generated is negative or positive in Passo Fundo (RS)? Two hypotheses are showed for the resolution of those problems: the first, that the environmental risk is predictable and therefore it is possible, based on it, accomplish sustainable development, and second, that the effectiveness of environmental policies is linked directly to local government and therefore it is possible to minimize the negative effects of the production of solid waste through public shares in Passo Fundo (RS). The objectives are to demonstrate the effectiveness of environmental policies depends on local effective actions to generate better results and secondarily exacerbate the need to develop awareness of the people to preserve and conserve the environment as the only way of survival of the human species. As methodological procedure, we used the path of literature and documents related to the theme. The method chosen was the dialectical approach, starting from the analysis of environmental risk, and then analyzing the sustainable development policies of solid waste and committing them in Passo Fundo (RS). Was elected as the theoretical framework the sustainable development. The text is divided into three chapters: environmental risk, sustainable development, and public policy applicable to solid waste. We conclude that, given the intense production of solid waste in the city of Passo Fundo, it is imperative to equate the index of environmental risk, originated by the issuance of such waste for establishing actions permeated by public educational policies, to improve the quality of life of citizens.