Poluição ambiental no Brasil : descarte irregular de resíduos sólidos no meio ambiente.

Abstract

Consuming is the watchword in most societies. As a reflex, humanity produces increasing amounts of waste. More seriously: many are not even collected, causing damage to the environment and the population. How to preserve the planet for the next generations? Awareness and sensibilization are a good way out. The present work will evaluate how public policies for the management of solid waste were developed in Brazil and what has been done about it by the judiciary and by the executive. On the other hand, in order to develop a full and effective methodology to combat pollution through the disposal of solid waste in the environment, it is necessary to go beyond law enforcement and the internal insight of each individual inserted in society, aiming to correct the wrong understanding where man places himself at the center of the universe, influenced by unrestrained consumerism. Historically and culturally man has been causing irreversible and irreparable damage to the ecosystem, such behavior puts the present and future generations in vogue, due to the accumulation of solid waste in inappropriate places being one of the main environmental problems faced by the country in the current scenario. Furthermore, the neglect of these debris by society and the country's authorities only aggravates environmental issues. It is concluded that natural resources are limited, and, therefore, there are no effective public policies to supply such environmental imbalance. Thus, it is necessary to make strong economic and cultural investments, some of which may be in incineration plants against the accumulation of hospital waste or the investment in composting factories aiming at exporting fertilizer to other countries in order to warm up the economy, generating formal jobs. It is the State’s responsibility to improve the National Environmental Education Policy (Política Nacional de Educação Ambiental), encouraging the application of 3'Rs: Reuse, Recycle and reutilize to enhance the fight against environmental pollution.