Projeto de mecanismo de desenvolvimento limpo realizado na associação de catadores e recicladores do bairro Taiaman – Assoman, em Uberlândia - MG

Abstract

After the growing concerns about environmental issues since the early 1970s, and more recently incorporating concerns about climate change, it has emerged and expanded in international treaties proposed to promote sustainable development, reducing negative environmental, social and economic impacts. One of the proposals presented under the Kyoto Protocol is the so-called Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and the carbon credits market. This proposal aims to stimulate economic growth in developing countries from cleaner technologies so that reductions in carbon emissions can be gained by developed countries. In this context, integrated solid waste management can be adapted so that new forms of management and new waste treatment technologies can be used as CDM and carbon credit trading. The purpose of this study was to conduct a case-study with a reduced scope to evaluate the feasibility of adopting this waste management as a CDM. For that, the selective collection system of the city of Uberlândia was evaluated. The carbon balance between the two alternative scenarios (final disposal in landfill and recycling) was made from four different methodologies and using the GHG protocol adapted for Brazil. The results were promising, with emission reductions, but it is still necessary for the study to be done for a larger scope, and officially by the public administration.