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Management municipal solid waste and sustainability actions: a study done on a city of the Midwest of Paraná State

Abstract

The objective of this study was to identify and analyze aspects of sustainability in municipal solid waste management in a city of the midwest of Paraná State. The research is characterized as a descriptive and quantitative study. Data collection, which happen in November 2014, through a questionnaire structured available electronically. The survey included a sample of 59 citizens, characterized by students in higher education, managers, servers and technicians in the environmental area, a municipality located in the region west of the Paraná Center, who answered 45 questions related to the dimensions of sustainability. They identified some of the aspects of sustainability in municipal solid waste management, checking that exist between respondents two groups with different perceptions about these aspects. Thus, it is possible to assume that the aspects of sustainability in municipal management of municipal solid waste are not perfectly aligned with other dimensions or who may be aligned, but still not aware of the whole population, limited to the sample.

Keywords:
Sustainability; Solid waste; Public management

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