Avaliação do gerenciamento dos resíduos sólidos produzidos pela Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia – Campus Cruz Das Almas

Abstract

Solid waste management has been a topic of global interest, being discussed by society as a whole, as it is a complex topic and is directly linked to the problems environmental, social, economic and public health. This work addresses the problem of solid waste in HEIs, giving emphasis to the Federal University of Recôncavo da Bahia – UFRB. As they are large generators, including the production of hazardous waste that may present risks to the environment and public health, HEIs must necessarily follow the requirements of regulations aimed at correct management of your waste, taking responsibility from generation to destination environmentally sound end. The aim of the work is to carry out an assessment of the management of solid waste produced by UFRB on the Cruz das Almas campus, in order to verify whether its management meets the legal requirements of the Policy National Solid Waste - PNRS as well as other laws linked to it. This way, with the purpose of evaluating the current waste management system, questionnaires with those responsible for the various Sectors, Centers and Superintendence, in order to check whether those responsible for management really know the legal provisions, as well as understand how they are generated, packaged, stored, classified, collected, transported, disposed of and the problems arising from the inappropriate management. In addition to the questionnaires, visits were carried out to report facts that were highlighted in the different environments visited, comparing with the answers reported by interviewees. It was noticed that in most stages of management of different types of waste are not complied with as specified by the standards and resolutions. It is concluded that the Federal University of Recôncavo da Bahia does not meet completely comply with the requirements of PNRS, CONAMA Resolutions and other laws.