Sustentabilidade no setor público à luz de um Plano de Gestão Ambiental para resíduos sólidos

Sustainability in the public sector in light of an Environmental Management Plan for solid waste

Abstract

The context of this work was the role of the public power as an legislator agent on environmental issues and that should be an example of good environmental management practices. In that regard, the Federal Government instituted A3P Program that aims to promote socio-environmental responsibility in public administration. Solid waste management is one of the thematic axes of A3P, which was the scope addressed by this project. The work was carried out in a municipal public sector, where it was developed and implemented an Environmental Management Plan for solid waste (EMP) in order to diagnose aspects that generate environmental impacts related to the consumption and disposal of materials, to propose measures to mitigate these impacts, as well as monitor them over time. The EMP was based on the good project management practices of the PMBOK® seventh edition, on the A3P implementation methodology in Public Administration, in addition to having used the PDCA Cycle as a management tool. As a result, there were identified three aspects of environmental impacts, as followed: use of plastic cups, inappropriate waste disposal and waste of bond paper. The greatest resistance found was related to the use of plastic cup and the improvements resulted mainly from the integration and reinforcement of educational measures to advance awareness and mobilization of public servants about the relevance of good practices in the use of materials and disposal of waste. After all, the consistent changes in habits were substantial to the sustainability of the improvements achieved in the long term.