Municipalities will have selective waste collection.
Fourteen municipalities in Alagoas have joined a plan for selective collection of solid waste; however, the implementation deadline has not been presented; the State will provide a group for training in the cities.
Alagoas247 - Fourteen municipalities in the southern region of Alagoas signed, on Monday morning (30), an agreement to a selective solid waste collection plan. When the new waste collection methodology is implemented, more than 500 inhabitants of this area of the state will have to completely change their habits. There is still no defined deadline for the strategy to be effectively implemented. In the coming months, the cities will be visited to begin educational work with the population.
The plan was signed during a meeting with mayors and representatives from the State Secretariat for the Environment and Water Resources (Semarh), held at the headquarters of the Association of Municipalities of Alagoas (AMA). The meeting aimed to discuss the implementation of selective waste collection in the municipalities of Alagoas and the presentation of a website specifically developed for solid waste policy.
The selective waste collection plan covers the municipalities of Jequiá da Praia, Piaçabuçu, Feliz Deserto, Penedo, Porto Real do Colégio, São Brás, Igreja Nova, Boca da Mata, Campo Alegre, Teotônio Vilela, Junqueiro, São Miguel dos Campos, Coruripe, and São Sebastião. This morning, the first steps for implementation were approved, which include the incorporation of environmental education into school curricula, as well as the production of advertising materials for dissemination, aiming to raise awareness among the inhabitants of these localities.
Even though there is still no timeline for implementing the new method, visits to the cities will begin at the end of April, and the solid waste consortia want to work towards starting collection in the second half of this year.
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According to the planning director of the department, Elaine Melo, the objective of the selective collection program is environmental education through the correct separation of dry and wet waste, as well as reducing the impacts caused by municipal dumps and, consequently, the creation of sanitary landfills, which is the main purpose of the current discussion.
Currently, 90 municipalities are united in seven public consortia focused on creating sanitary landfills. "Education begins with the resident, who will separate their own waste at home. Organic waste will be collected for landfills, and recyclable waste will go to recycling cooperatives or be disposed of in designated areas. We want to reduce environmental disruptions and, through public-private partnerships, create sanitary landfills in all municipalities of Alagoas," he explains.
The website aims to guide the public in separating waste and voluntarily disposing of the material, providing support points to receive the waste. "It's a tool for society to monitor. It will be very useful for everyone to know how this entire collection process works, from their home to the final destination," reinforced the planning director.
According to her, the state will provide a training group in the cities. According to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Alexandre Ayres, it is impossible to create a landfill without environmental education on the part of society. "I have always witnessed firsthand the suffering of the municipalities, and we all know that municipalities are not equipped to manage a sanitary landfill; therefore, we are supporting the mayors. In three months, we managed to launch the collection program and the website, which only the state of Minas Gerais has. This week, the state solid waste policy should be sanctioned by Renan Filho, since it was approved by the Legislative Assembly," he emphasizes.
With gazetaweb.com