The goal of this prospective study was to identify, to analyze and to map groups of municipalities that could form intermunicipal trusts with the purpose of disposing the municipal solid waste generated internally in regional landfills to be located within the trust’s territory. The variables considered were urban population, road system, geographical location of the urban centers and water basin divisions. Among the advantages of constituting such trusts are: the reduction of areas used as landfills, the increase in scale allowing the hiring of professional landfill operation service and the concentration of environmental inspection actions. As a result, 377 from the 399 municipalities in the State of Paraná were divided into 58 intermunicipal trusts, comprehending 97,3% of the urban population of the State. This article also presents the methodology applied and the factors that could influence its implementation.
environmental planning; intermunicipal trusts; municipal solid waste disposal; landfills
