IMPACT OF PLASTIC PACKAGING AND BIOPLASTICS ON SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

Abstract

After almost twenty years of discussion in Brazil, in the midst of a scenario that remained uncontrolled, the federal government enacted in 2010 Law 12.305, which established the National Solid Waste Policy, a regulatory framework that provides for the integrated management and management of solid waste, establishing a four-year deadline for the proper final disposal of waste.  and the municipalities are responsible for the waste generated in their territories. Data from the Brazilian Association of Waste and Environment show that more than half of the municipalities have not yet adapted. The adoption of technologies is essential for the rescue and increase of the value incorporated into solid waste, for its reuse before it reaches landfills. In the present study, a bibliographic and documentary survey was carried out in order to investigate the solid waste scenario in Brazil, emphasizing the class of waste from plastics, identifying its impacts, proposing bioplastic as an alternative, with consequent contribution to the ecological economy. However, it can be said that there is a need for further exploration and more studies on the subject towards the scenario of management and reduction of this plastic waste, with the help of technologies, as well as studies with a view to alternative materials, such as bioplastics, thus potentially reducing the contamination of the environment with an approach of good practices for sustainability.