Coleta seletiva de resíduos sólidos urbanos – Estudo de Caso da Comunidade do Bate Facho – Boca do Rio, Salvador-BA

Abstract

Basic sanitation is the adoption of a set of measures with the purpose of improving the lives and health of residents of a given community, aiming to prevent physical factors, with harmful effects, from harming people in their physical, mental and social well-being, including aspects related to waste disposal and health issues. The objective of this study is to show that it is possible to implement selective solid waste collection in the Bate Facho community, located in the Boca do Rio neighborhood in Salvador-BA, with the purpose of minimizing environmental pollution and improper disposal of waste that incurs diseases in the community, due to the lack of basic sanitation and infrastructure for waste collection. The methodology consisted of field research, to obtain data about the community, with systemic observations of the community, during the year 2022, to show the reality regarding the collection and packaging of its waste. The diagnosis made it possible to identify data on the management of urban solid waste in the area, through photographic records of the inadequacies observed, as well as the numerous sanitation problems, including the lack of storm drainage and public sweeping (which is done by the residents), with a high number of diseases arising from the lack of basic sanitation, which mostly affect children and the elderly. It was concluded that the local population is not fully aware of the real situation of their sanitary conditions, unaware, for example, of the importance of controlling disease vectors, with frequent flooding. Therefore, it is essential to draw up a plan to improve basic sanitation in the Bate Facho community, and it is essential that selective waste collection be effective, since most of the streets are dirty and insects proliferate, which represent a huge health risk to the community and its surroundings.