ENVIRONMENTAL DIAGNOSIS OF SOLID WASTE IN RURAL PROPERTIES IN A MUNICIPALITY IN WESTERN AMAZONIA

Abstract

With the advance of family farming, the amount of waste in rural areas grows and, in this sense, carrying out environmental diagnoses in these places is of vital importance to know how the environmental health of these properties is. Thus, the present work aimed to make an environmental diagnosis in relation to the collection and disposal of rural solid waste from domestic and agricultural activities in family farming properties in the municipality of Colorado do Oeste - Rondônia. For this, the application of a questionnaire was used as a methodology, which, according to Amaro, Póvoa and Macedo (2005), is an excellent instrument for data collection to diagnose situations. Thus, the instrument was applied to twenty family farming properties in 2019, on line 02 of the municipality of Colorado do Oeste – Rondônia. Based on the data, it was observed that the situation of solid waste management on properties is worrying. Regarding crop protection waste, there is no collection on the properties, and it is the responsibility of the farmer to dispose of it at the appropriate collection points. In relation to the other waste produced on the properties, it was found that there is no public collection, so the destination is done inadequately, most of the time being burned or thrown on the ground. In addition, the survey also evaluated the importance of waste collection by the perception of the owners of the investigated areas, and in this regard all emphasized the importance of having regular waste collection.