O encerramento do aterro metropolitano de Jardim Gramacho: Acenos da inclusão social e da implantação do polo de reciclagem em Duque de Caxias pelo protagonismo dos catadores e catadoras de materiais recicláveis.

Abstract

The closure of the Metropolitan Landfill of Jardim Gramacho, the largest of Latin America, it was pioneered in the formulation of public policies for social and environmental management in Brazil. Acting both in sanitation actions, such as on social issues with a view to the inclusion of waste pickers in the recycling work in decent conditions. This study followed the closure of the Metropolitan Landfill of Jardim Gramacho as well as the process implementation of Polo Recycling Gramacho situated in Duque de Caxias, in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro. This survey was exploratory and approach qualitative. Used interviews applied of waste pickers leaders organized and unorganized waste pickers operating in the region. The study was conducted between September 2011 and november 2013. Nowadays, the Brazilian health policy aims at improving working conditions of waste pickers and encourages their social inclusion, by organizing into cooperatives and/or associations. Therefore, in the area of the Metropolitan Landfill of Jardim Gramacho the participation of waste pickers in the closure process it was an instrumental in attempting to social inclusion of the waste pickers of Jardim Gramacho. The Participation in social programs from the federal Government also it was an important tool in the process of economic inclusion of waste pickers Jardim Gramacho. For the future, studies it is recommended to follow the development and sustainability of this Polo Recycling Gramacho.