Solid Waste Management in São Paulo: The challenges of sustainability

Authors

  • Pedro Roberto Jacobi
  • Gina Rizpah Besen

Keywords:

Solid waste management, Selective waste collection, Waste pickers, Urban solid waste public policies, Urban sustainability

Abstract

This paper presents the scenario related to urban solid waste at the national level, metropolitan São Paulo and São Paulo pointing the main advances, backlashes and challenges. The emphasis is on the important role of the universalization of selective waste collection with the inclusion of waste pickers of recyclable materials within the city of São Paulo as a strategy to promote socioenvironmental urban sustainability.

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Published

2011-04-01

Issue

Vol. 25 No. 71 (2011)

Section

Dossiê São Paulo, Hoje

License

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How to Cite

Jacobi, P. R., & Besen, G. R. (2011). Solid Waste Management in São Paulo: The challenges of sustainability. Estudos Avançados, 25(71), 135-158. https://journals.usp.br/eav/article/view/10603