Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:52:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 KellyCDS_DISSERT.pdf: 5631714 bytes, checksum: a290ca2f92ef1eb6c155792a1a6b25bf (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-04-09 / One of the concerns of this century is with the handling and the final destination of urban solid waste (RSU), where depending on the form as they will be made use, they can cause diverse problems, they are of ambient or social order, being able to generate the loss of the quality of life and illnesses to the population, of direct or indirect form. The objective of the present work was to diagnosis the environmental partner situation of the Final Destination of the urban solid residues in the District of Guajiru, city of S?o Gon?alo do Amarante/RN, standing out the partner-economic situation of the scavengers. The research was carried through in the period of March of 2008 the October of 2009, with a methodology developed through analyzes them of documents made available for the state ambient agency, the Air base of Christmas and managing agencies of the city. For collection of the date, it was used directly application of the questionnaire with 20 existing scavengers in points of destination of residues, evaluation of the old place of final destination through the use of the spread sheet of the IQR (Index of Quality of the Residues), developed for the CETESB, identification of the matter dump and photographic register. For effect of treatment of the data, a descriptive analysis with regard to the answers of the interviewed scavengers was carried through. The acquired date, Scale had been according to tabulated and analyzed in Excel 2003, where they had been generated graphical to observe the behavior of the data. The results show that of the twenty interviewed scavengers, 35% possess age between 20 and 30 years; 75% possess incomplete basic education; 60% inhabit in houses of waal or huts (cardboard or wood); 55% do not make use of system of water supply and system of sanitary exhaustion; with regard to income monthly for scavengers, 35% had presented income between R$ 200,00 and R$300,00 and 20% possess income above of R$ 500,00 for possessing another source of income; 80% of the interviewed ones, use some type of equipment of individual protection; In the year of 2009, confirming what it was informed by the State agency of Environment, during the field visit, we evidence that the city of Is Gon?alo do Amarante, currently, destines its residues in Sanitary landfill of S?o Region Metropolitan of Natal in the District of Massaranduba in the city of Cear?-Mirim, after some interventions of the State Public prosecution service. However, in the district of Guajiru some diggings still exist that today are used as final destination of RCD' s (Residues of Construction and Demolition) of the cities of Natal and S?o Gon?alo do Amarante, as well as private dumps that are used by scavengers that deviate the final destination (Sanitary landfill) of the residues of the great generators (supermarkets, shopping Center and hotels), with presence of urubus, generating a new ambient problem for the city and the aeroportu?ria security. Ahead of this scene, the study it suggests viable alternatives for the elimination of the private dumps and for the social situation of the escavengers, aiming at to improve its quality of life and 10 to minimize the ambient impacts caused by the inadequate destination of the solid waste in the community of Guajiru, S?o Gon?alo do Amarante/RN, being able to contribute so that the public managers carry through action in the handling and the control of the final destination of the urban solid waste / Uma das preocupa??es deste s?culo ? com o manejo e a destina??o final dos Res?duos S?lidos Urbanos (RSU), onde dependendo da forma como forem dispostos, podem ocasionar diversos problemas, sejam de ordem ambiental ou social, podendo gerar a perda da qualidade de vida e doen?as ? popula??o, de forma direta ou indireta. O objetivo do presente trabalho foi diagnosticar a situa??o socioambiental do Destino Final dos res?duos s?lidos urbanos no Distrito de Guajiru, munic?pio de S?o Gon?alo do Amarante/RN, ressaltando a situa??o s?cio-econ?mica dos catadores. A pesquisa foi realizada no per?odo de mar?o de 2008 a outubro de 2009, com uma metodologia desenvolvida atrav?s das an?lises de documentos disponibilizados pelo ?rg?o ambiental estadual, pela Base A?rea de Natal e por ?rg?os gestores do munic?pio. Para coleta dos dados, utilizou-se a aplica??o do question?rio diretamente com 20 catadores existentes em pontos de destina??o de res?duos, avalia??o do antigo local de destina??o final atrav?s da utiliza??o da planilha do IQR (?ndice de Qualidade dos Res?duos), desenvolvido pela CETESB, identifica??o dos lix?es particulares e registro fotogr?fico. Para efeito de tratamento dos dados, foi realizada uma an?lise descritiva com rela??o as respostas do catadores entrevistados. Os dados adquiridos, segundo a Escala foram tabulados e analisados no Excel 2003, onde foram gerados gr?ficos para observar o comportamento dos dados. Os resultados mostraram que dos vinte catadores entrevistados, 35% possuem idade entre 20 e 30 anos; 75% possuem Ensino Fundamental incompleto; 60% residem em casas de taipa ou barracos (papel?o ou madeira); 55% n?o disp?em de sistema de abastecimento d ?gua e sistema de esgotamento sanit?rio; com rela??o ? renda mensal por catadores, 35% apresentaram renda entre R$ 200,00 e R$300,00 e 20% possuem renda acima de R$ 500,00 por possu?rem outra fonte de renda; 80% dos entrevistados utilizam algum tipo de equipamento de prote??o individual. No ano de 2009, confirmando o que foi informado pelo ?rg?o Estadual de Meio Ambiente, durante a visita de campo, constatamos que o munic?pio de S?o Gon?alo do Amarante, atualmente, destina seus res?duos no Aterro Sanit?rio da Regi?o Metropolitana do Natal no Distrito de Massaranduba no munic?pio de Cear?-Mirim, ap?s v?rias interven??es do Minist?rio P?blico Estadual. Contudo, no distrito de Guajiru existem ainda algumas cavas que hoje s?o utilizadas como destino final de RCD s (Res?duos de Constru??o e Demoli??o) dos munic?pios de Natal e S?o Gon?alo do Amarante, assim como lix?es particulares que s?o utilizados por catadores que desviam o destino final (Aterro Sanit?rio) dos res?duos dos grandes geradores (supermercados, shopping Center e 8 hot?is), com presen?a de urubus, gerando um novo problema ambiental para o munic?pio e para a seguran?a aeroportu?ria. Diante deste cen?rio, o estudo sugere alternativas vi?veis para a elimina??o dos lix?es particulares e para a situa??o social dos catadores, visando melhorar a sua qualidade de vida e minimizar os impactos ambientais causados pela destina??o inadequada dos res?duos s?lidos na comunidade de Guajiru, S?o Gon?alo do Amarante/RN, podendo contribuir para que os gestores p?blicos realizem a??es no manejo e no controle do destino final dos res?duos s?lidos urbanos