Approved law contributes to mitigating environmental damage

Aleam

Measure establishes State Organic Waste Composting Program in Amazonas

Providing the correct route for waste produced by the population is one of the biggest challenges in all Brazilian cities and, to alleviate this problem in Amazonas, state deputy Roberto Cidade (UB), president of the Legislative Assembly of Amazonas (Aleam), presented and The measure establishing the State Organic Waste Composting Program in Amazonas was transformed into Law No. 6,515/2023.

The purpose of the State Program is to comply with the precepts of Federal Law No. 12,305, of August 2, 2010, which establishes the State Solid Waste Policy and provides for the correct disposal of recyclable, returnable and reusable waste in order to gradually reduce the volume allocated to landfills, prioritizing Environmental Education and partnerships between Federation entities and/or individuals.

“We need to encourage good practices. This is good for ecosystems and people. Behavior change, most of the time, occurs in the wake of laws and legislative proposals, which is why it is necessary to put into practice initiatives that can mitigate damage to the environment. With the sanction of this law, our desire is for compliance with it, the necessary adjustments to be made and for us to acquire this environmental awareness that is so important for the environment and for all of us”,

he said.

According to the law, the State Executive Branch may establish the Incentive Program for Composting Organic Waste from food processing in school units, hospitals, prisons, popular restaurants, university restaurants and “in natura” food supply centers. in order to allocate the resulting organic compost to family farming projects, community gardens, seedling gardens to be destined for public parks, reforestation projects and gardening in public buildings.

National Solid Waste Plan

Organic waste represents half of the urban solid waste generated in Brazil and can be treated at various scales, from the domestic scale, through the community scale, institutional scale (from a large waste generator), municipal scale to the industrial scale, for the production of organic fertilizer.

According to the national waste characterization published in the preliminary version of the National Solid Waste Plan, organic waste corresponds to more than 50% of the total urban solid waste generated in Brazil. Added to organic waste from agroforestry and industrial activities, data from the National Solid Waste Plan indicate that there is an annual generation of 800 million tons of organic waste.

According to the Panorama of Solid Waste in Brazil 2023, launched by the Brazilian Waste and Environment Association (ABREMA), approximately 33.3 million tons of urban solid waste were inappropriately disposed of in 2022. This amount represents almost 40% of all the waste generated in the country – the equivalent of 11,362 Olympic swimming pools of compacted waste or 233 Maracanã stadiums full – which ends up in open dumps, ditches, vacant lots and urban streams, threatening public health and the environment.

*With information from consultancy

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