Waste management. Recycling. Selective collect. waste problem. Sustainability.
Urban centers present an increasingly latent and irremediable problem: the problem of “waste”. The increasingly accentuated generation of solid waste in these centers presents a major challenge for the various sectors directly or indirectly linked to offering solutions that aim to transform the problem into an opportunity. It is important to highlight that solid waste management is a multidisciplinary field, which involves knowledge in several areas, such as environmental engineering, urban planning, economics, public policies, law, chemistry, engineering, as well as administration. It is therefore from a management perspective that this scientific research is developed. The objective of this work was to analyze the development of solid waste management in urban centers in the national context in compliance with what occurs internationally.
The research, in terms of its approach, is characterized as qualitative, and in terms of its objectives, the present work stands out as an exploratory and descriptive study. The methodology will be the application of a focus group with several experts, from different areas of activity, including municipal waste managers, recycling entrepreneurs and university professors. The focus group is a research technique that seeks to identify trends and conclusions based on the opinion of experts on the subject, and is recommended for the participatory construction of knowledge based on the experience of the main actors and participants on the topic.