The destination of solid waste in the rural properties of the city of pato Bragado, Paraná, Brazil

This study aims to identify current factors and conditions factors relating to solid wastes produced in rural properties in the city of Pato Bragado, Paraná, Brazil. For this, it was necessary draw up an overview of selective collection in rural properties in the city. Thus, it was found out the disposition of materials in households in this space, researched how does the collection process and the difficulties found by residents in the question destination of solid waste. The methodology used in this study is of exploratory character with the application of a questionnaire for the residents who dwells in the rural areas of the city of Pato Bragado, and for all waste pickers of the Associação Bragadense de Catadores (ABC) (Bragadense Association of Waste Pickers). The data obtained were analyzed in a quali-quantitative way. The results demonstrate that there are no possibilities for the collection of recyclable waste in rural areas of the city. There is still the practice of burning and burying waste. When there is the collection, it is under the schedule of residents with in a particular way with the waste pickers of the ABC. The ineffective form provided the Municipal Public Authority for selective collection in these areas install the collection points in associations of residents.