Abstract
Abstract: The management of waste from health services is considered an extremely controversial topic and widely discussed because it is mainly about contaminated materials. This study aims to analyze the waste management of health services in hospitals in a southern region of Brazil, identifying the final disposal processes, in accordance with the National Solid Waste Policy, describing the management and practices in each link of the final destination chains and estimation of the volume of post-consumer waste generated. For this, it was necessary to describe the management and practices in each link of the chains, estimate the volume of waste generated, identify the reverse logistics chains and the final destination of the post-consumer waste from the health services. In addition to evaluating the feasibility of reusing hospital waste, taking into account the technical standards and legislation present in the National Solid Waste Policy and in organizations such as the National Agency for Health Surveillance, the Brazilian Association of Technical Standards, the National Council of the Environment and the National Nuclear Energy Commission. The National Solid Waste Policy brought an information framework already contained in other norms and resolutions in force, before its publications, determining the objectives that have not yet been fully met in the investigated region.
Highlights
Population growth, associated with the increase in per capita income benefited products, is accentuated in the world
For waste and packaging from activities requiring the handling of pesticides, in addition to the information contained in Law No 7 802 of 11 July 1989 (Brasil, 1989) and Decree No 4074 of 4 January 2002 (Brasil, 2002), the reverse logistics system is considered, for which Decree No 7404/2010 (Brasil, 2010b) brings other observations
Regarding State Secretariat of Health of Santa Catarina (SES/SC), the data came from the Santa Catarina Health Services Waste (HSW) generator registry and from the first diagnosis made in 2012, with the purpose of establishing information for State Plan for Integrated Solid Waste Management (Pergis/SC)
Summary
Population growth, associated with the increase in per capita income benefited products, is accentuated in the world. After a while these same products become unusable due to obsolescence, depreciation, defects or technological updates This relationship between population growth and the transformation of natural resources into consumer products is only a problem when the volume of waste resulting from society's demand increases, disproportionately, when compared to population growth (Cunha & Caixeta-Filho, 2002). Faced with this problem, the Brazilian federal government has been subsidizing actions and projects to minimize environmental, social and economic problems resulting from inadequate solid waste management. Describing the management and practices in each link of the final destination chains, estimating the volume of post-consumption waste generated
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