AVALIAÇÃO DA POLÍTICA NACIONAL DE RESÍDUOS SÓLIDOS: fundamentos, determinações e sujeitos no processo de formulação da política.

Abstract

This thesis aimed to conduct a political evaluation of the Brazilian National Policy for Solid Waste, in its conception and design, with the scope of unveiling socio-historical determinants, subjects, interests and rationalities present in the process of policy formulating, as also its consistency and adequacy to the satisfactory treatment of solid waste. The emergence of solid waste, its causes and consequences, as well as the relationship between man and solid waste were approached deeply, followed by its forms of treatment and final destination, and considerations about the formation of the consumer society. The political context and the influence of the subjects, the role of resources, the economic context of the moment, and the social participation in the process of formulating the Brazilian Solid Waste National Policy – PNRS – were evaluated. The design of the PNRS was studied, as well as the very nature of the norm that composed the referred public policy and the expressed principles that shaped it. It was demonstrated, from the analysis of data issued by studies of Brazilian institutions, the current reality of solid waste in Brazil, reflecting about the local and regional peculiarities not taken into consideration in the process of formulation of the PNRS and about the relevant role of municipalities and the critics regarding the popular participation in the process of formulation of the PNRS. In conclusion, therefore, as a propose the policy might be reformulated with the inclusion of aspects not incorporated in the previous formulation.