Aug 22, 2010 0
The mode of Brazil’s waste management
Categories: Garbage Classification
Tags: Garbage, Garbage Collection, Packaging material, Scavengers
Over the years, Brazil meet in practice created a cycle of national conditions of economic development mode, in which the recycling of garbage and other productive work, in particular, is worth learning and learning.
A ：Improve the government, business and social division of labor between three modes of waste disposal
Brazil’s waste management mode emphasizes government, business and society to actively participate in tripartite cooperation. In this system, three clear division of labor, resulting in the waste handling process, the social side is the main waste producers, the Brazilian government to actively promote public participation in waste separation activities to the garbage after the election, the first people refuse preliminary classification into two types of dry waste and wet waste (also known as organic waste and packaging waste). Of dry waste, is easy-to-recovery and separation of garbage, wet garbage are mainly non-renewable waste, municipal sanitation sector is the government’s special door refuse collection, waste treatment plant of dry waste to be re-classified wet garbage is transported to landfill for landfill disposal or incineration plant destined for incineration. Dry waste classification, by category and then provide to the enterprise for recycling.
(A) The local companies and multinational companies in Brazil will be the recycling of waste packaging materials as their social responsibility.
As early as 1992, Tetra Pak, Coca-Cola, Pepsi and other companies in Brazil, founded the nonprofit environmental organization “CEMPRE.” The Brazilian organization dedicated to promoting the comprehensive management of municipal solid waste, to improve the level of waste recycling, solid waste management in strengthening environmental education. Brazilian companies Tetra Pak recycling packaging materials in particular. Tetra Pak cooperation with enterprises in the world, pioneered the development of composite wrap boxing plasma processing technology. Previously, the pulp recycling plant can only be extracted from the carton, plastic and aluminum are still mixed together, and plasma technology can make paper in the paper, aluminum and plastic three components are completely separated, so that no bacteria carton realize 100% recovery.
(B) The establishment of cooperatives of scavengers.
The mode of Brazil’s waste management is the most unique city scavengers to organize themselves into cooperatives of scavengers (Association for the use of renewable resources, also known as CEMPRE. Brazil’s big cities serious unemployment problem, many workers from the countryside to the city who did not work, by scavengers. Local government provide free space, non-governmental organization sponsored by equipment companies to provide waste separation and training to help scavengers cooperatives. Free of charge to municipal sanitation department to collect the garbage delivered to the cooperative sorting. In the past in the streets and dump scavengers earn a living plant is now in the pipeline within the various categories of dry waste, compression packing, and then sold to the co-registered with different recycling manufacturers. Very little investment in the establishment of cooperatives of scavengers, but the economic and social benefits is very high. Cooperatives by the scavengers of democratic management, a fixed sales channels, price is not low, per capita monthly income of up to $ 200, equivalent to twice the minimum wage in Brazil. Garbage sorting is labor-intensive work, cooperatives can create many job opportunities. Currently, Brazil has about 50 million people engaged in waste recycling industries. Cooperative work in the past marginalized scavengers that the government and NGOs to guide and help, regular workers enjoy social security, so they have a sense of belonging.
B：Well done for the mode of Brazil’s waste management
