Impactos socioambientais da queima de resíduos sólidos no bairro Agreste, município de Laranjal do Jari

Abstract

The issue of proper disposal of solid waste is a topic of great importance, since the burning of these materials can have negative consequences for human health and the environment. The lack of adequate infrastructure for solid waste management has become one of the main causes of increasing solid waste burning rates in urban areas, combined with other factors such as lack of knowledge about more sustainable alternatives and /or the lack of viable options. Thus, the present study aimed to identify the socio-environmental impacts of solid waste burning in the Agreste neighborhood, municipality of Laranjal do Jari. The study method, the analysis of secondary data from the Municipal Secretariat of Environment and Tourism of Laranjal do Jari was chosen, as well as data present in the Queimadas Program of the National Institute of Space Research with a time horizon of 2020 to 2023. The agency The municipal environmental department does not have data on fires in urban environments, despite the fact that it is a present reality in the municipality, as was observed in the study period. In conversations with those responsible for the environmental agency, they commented that not even the municipal Fire Department has a record of complaints. In the Queimadas Program there were records of fire outbreaks in the municipality during the period. It is concluded that the municipality of Laranjal do Jari lacks information regarding the burning of solid waste in the urban area. This fact becomes a problem that goes beyond the environmental area, considering that the burning of waste contributes to the emergence of cases of respiratory diseases in the affected population.