Mayors want funding for landfills.
The Association of Municipalities of Alagoas (AMA) is concerned about the lack of resources available to municipalities to implement projects aimed at eliminating open dumps and establishing consortia for solid waste treatment. The complaint from the president of AMA, Marcelo Beltrão, is that, so far, the administrators have only received responsibilities without any corresponding financial contribution.
Alagoas247 While some municipalities are well advanced in implementing consortia to properly dispose of solid waste, others are still seeking alternatives to definitively eliminate open dumps, which must be phased out throughout Brazil by August 2nd, as mandated by federal law. The Association of Municipalities of Alagoas (AMA) says it is concerned about the lack of resources in the municipalities to execute the projects. The Metropolitan, Agreste, and Zona da Mata regions have not yet finalized a plan to create alternatives for waste disposal and treatment.
The president of AMA, Mayor Marcelo Beltrão, emphasized that the municipalities intend to comply with the provisions of Federal Law 12.305/2010, which establishes the National Solid Waste Policy and sets guidelines for integrated waste management, but they are not finding ways to finance the projects. The situation is as follows: each municipality (or the consortium formed) must develop a plan with guidelines for the proper disposal of waste. Implementation is the responsibility of the cities, and the construction of a sanitary landfill, for example, costs no less than R$ 4 million.
"Until now, managers have only received responsibilities without financial compensation. This is a national public policy and should be treated as such. Municipalities have made progress in forming consortia and have overcome bureaucracy. The question now is how to finance and execute the projects because the cities do not have the financial autonomy for an action of this magnitude," assesses the president of AMA.
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