Evaluation of the solid waste plans' quality: case study in the PCJ Watersheds

Solid waste management plans are instruments determined by Brazilian national policy to propel transformations in the waste management realities in their territories. Its elaboration and implementation consider the achievement of quality levels, through continuous improvement cycles, until the full fulfillment of the objectives foreseen by the legislation. Even though it is mandatory to prepare waste plans with minimum content foreseen by law, the legal framework does not provide an instance to analyze their sufficiency or quality. In this context, the present project was developed with the objective of evaluating the quality of solid waste plans in the region of the watersheds of the Piracicaba, Capivari and Jundiaí rivers, considering the variety of planning and management attributions over the territory. The individual and consensus assessments of eight waste plans, carried out by researchers in the environmental area, were supported by adaptations of tools already qualified for that purpose in Brazilian territory and allowed the attribution of scores to each of the indicators and the qualification of these plans. Among the main results found, it is noteworthy that the national plan was assessed as of regular quality, that of the state of São Paulo as of good quality; At the municipal level, solid waste plans to have different qualities, resulting from local specificities.