title: The challenges for solid waste management in accordance with Agenda 21: a Brazilian case review.
abstract: This paper aims to evaluate the suitability of the Brazilian solid waste policy (BSWP) with global Agenda 21 and the challenges of implementing the BSWP in municipalities. For this, a review of the principles that guided the creation of this policy was performed to demonstrate that international pressures were important in determining its effectiveness. The contradictory relationship between the satisfactory legal framework that established the Brazilian waste management policy and its weakened implementation in the municipalities is also examined . To illustrate the difficulties faced at the local level, a case study involving municipalities that compose the state of Espírito Santowe was undertaken. In this state, the municipalities signed terms of environmental commitment with supervisory agencies who undertook, within a pre-established schedule, to implement a set of actions to shape the proper management of solid waste, adapted to the requirements of national policy and the guidelines of Agenda 21. Finally, the various difficulties in meeting the requirements are discussed. It is necessary and urgent that Brazil finds a way to coordinate the mechanisms of an innovative and well formulated legal instrument to ensure the successful implementation of solid waste management at the local level to achieve the environmental, economic and social objectives.
authors.affiliation: Department of Engineering and Technology, Federal University of Espírito Santo, São Mateus, Brazil giselechaves@ceunes.ufes.br.
authors.forename: Gisele de Lorena Diniz
authors.initials: Gde L
authors.lastname: Chaves
authors.affiliation: Department of Engineering and Technology, Federal University of Espírito Santo, São Mateus, Brazil.
authors.forename: Jorge Luiz
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: dos Santos
authors.affiliation: Department of Engineering and Technology, Federal University of Espírito Santo, São Mateus, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sandra Mara Santana
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Rocha
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D002947:Cities; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D058735:Environmental Policy; D011640:Public Policy; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods*; D062611:Solid Waste
chemical_list: D062611:Solid Waste
keywords: Agenda 21; Brazilian solid waste policy; Solid waste management; challenges; local authorities; public policy implementation