Citizenship, norms and infrastructure: Elements that contribute to strengthening the work of cooperatives of recyclable material collectors

Abstract

This article aims to carry out a bibliographic study to investigate how the actions of citizens, the existing norms and the public equipment made available by the State for the disposal of solid waste, contribute to the strengthening of the work of Cooperatives of Recyclable Material Collectors (CCMR), aiming to propose a new flowchart of the Selective Collection Program of Salvador to contribute to the improvement of the work of these enterprises in the city. This is a study with a qualitative, deductive, exploratory approach, carried out in the city of Salvador-BA. The results indicate the relationship of the aforementioned elements in the strengthening of the work developed by these cooperatives. In addition, they highlight the need for changes in the Selective Collection Program in the capital of Bahia. One can mention, as an example, the replacement of the type of Voluntary Delivery Points and the changes in the flow of the program's actions, seeking to achieve the benefits of selective collection and, consequently, the maximum valorization of waste with the socio-productive inclusion of recyclable material collectors for the environmentally appropriate disposal of Urban Solid Waste, as provided for in the legislation in force in the country.