Tecnologias sociais e resíduos sólidos: catalogação de experiências em cooperativas e associações de catadores de materiais recicláveis e um retrato da Amazônia Brasileira

Abstract

The issue involving solid waste is historical and complex, causes several environmental, economic and social impacts, and has been aggravated by the consumer habits of modern society. Over the last few decades the discussion about the management and management of solid waste has gained strength worldwide, in Brazil, Law 12,305 of August 2010, instituted the National Solid Waste Policy, which has among its instruments, the encouragement of creation and development cooperatives or other forms of association of recyclable material collectors. Workers who deal directly with the activity of collection, live a reality of difficulties and stigmatization, in this context the possibility of developing Social Technologies (TS) that can break paradigms and provide these workers with better working conditions, income and social development. Thus, the objective of this research was to carry out the cataloging of ST experiences observed in the scope of cooperatives and associations of recyclable material collectors in Brazil, building, from the information obtained, a regionalized matrix that allowed the highlight and discussion on the development of ST directed to cooperatives and associations in the Brazilian Amazon. The research carried out is classified as bibliographic, according to the procedures adopted. Data collection was performed using keywords in two databases: Fundação Banco do Brasil (FBB) and Google Scholar. The cataloged TS were described as well as their objectives, main obstacles and advances. In general, the results showed that for the effective development of STs that benefit cooperatives and associations of recyclable material collectors, several factors are involved, however, in all scenarios, the integration of actors is of fundamental importance: State, private organizations and the community, and that in the Amazon, reality is still far from achieving this integration.