The challenges of urban solid waste policy implementation in capital cities of Natal (RN) and João Pessoa (PB) through the agenda 2030.
Sustainable development; Agenda 2030; National Solid Waste Policy; João Pessoa; Natal.
Solid waste management is a challenge to sustainable development policy in Brazil and in the world. Through environmental, social, economic, public health and education management, sustainable solid waste management promotes not only acts towards urban management, as well as expresses itself in treating current needs not compromising future generations possibilities of complying with their necessities. In this context, this research sought examining which strategies have been developed in the capital cities of Paraíba and Rio Grande do Norte States to reaching the targets stablished by UN to 2030 Agenda, towards solid waste management. Methodologically, settled by the research, the path was made of a document analysis, guided by theoretical basis towards sustainability. Information about the numbers of Sustainable Development Goals were taken from that analysis. This research resulted in a description of the situation, with data and information examined from secondary sources. The results and debate in this research entail in three pillars: 1. Understanding the international environmental scenario from the 2030 Agenda, specially the National Policy of Solid Waste; 2. Diagnostic of the solid waste context in the capital cities of João Pessoa and Natal; 3. Comparative analysis of public policies, government activities, among other actions towards sustainable development and the 2030 Agenda’s stablished targets range.