NATIONAL SOLID WASTE POLICY MANAGEMENT IN THE NORTHERN COAST MUNICIPALITIES OF THE SAO PAULO STATE

The objective of this article is analyze public policies for the collection and disposal of solid urban waste in the North Coast region of the State of Sao Paulo, which includes the municipalities of Caraguatatuba, Ilhabela, Sao Sebastiao and Ubatuba. The analysis was performed through the primary data obtained from a questionnaire prepared and sent to the managers responsible for the management of solid urban waste, from each municipality studied. The analysis was conducted based on the recommendations of the National Policy of Solid Waste, established by Federal Law number 12.305 and regulated by Decree number 7.404/2010, a milestone in solid waste issues in the country. Based on the results obtained, it was found that the municipalities of the North Coast of Sao Paulo show good performance compared to the national indices, but several possibilities for improvement are observed. In the comparison between the four municipalities studied, the Sao Sebastiao municipality had the best performance, followed by Caraguatatuba and Ilhabela municipalities, and the Ubatuba municipality had the worst results.