Clipping of news on Brazilian Culture, Law and Citizenship
07/25/2012
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Isabela Vieira
Reporter Agency Brazil
Rio de Janeiro - The participation of collectors of recyclable material collection and selective involvement in the separation of garbage were at the center of discussions about the implementation of the National Solid Waste, in an event that occurred today (24) in Rio de Janeiro. Collectors and entrepreneurs agreed on the importance of valuing increasingly selective collection of garbage.
One of the coordinators of the National Movement of Recyclable Materials (MNCR), Custodio da Silva, collected during the discussions, a survey to identify the collectors who work in the 47 landfills still operating in the metropolitan region of Rio and the urgency of the cooperatives in hiring for the separation of garbage, taking advantage of the recyclable material. "We want to do the same service that the city pays for private companies and, according to the law, it is our responsibility," he said.
He also spoke about the current situation of the collectors of garbage dumps that were closed in several municipalities of the metropolitan region as Belford Roxo, São Gonçalo, Niteroi, Magé and in Campos dos Goytacazes, in the north. In such places, according to Silva, the collectors were no prospects for employment and income, contrary to what the law says if the closure of units.
The executive director of the Business Commitment for Recycling (Cempre), André Vilhena, defended the tax cuts on recyclable products. He said this would encourage consumer awareness and application of more resources in technology and reverse logistics (collection by the company's waste product). "We should almost zero federal taxes," he said.
Concerned with the requirement that companies collect certain products such as batteries, which can not be discarded in the trash (so-called reverse logistics), private companies also took the opportunity to highlight the role of scavengers who, by the capillary action, are essential to help in recycling.
Entrepreneurs defended the inclusion of scavengers in the chain of recyclable material. In their assessment, employees are able to collect items more efficiently than local governments, helping to reduce spending on which is deposited in landfills and private collection that is made, often by subcontractors.
In addition to collectors, public administrators and representatives of industry, candidates for mayor elections in Rio this year also participated in the debates. Present: Aspasia Camargo (PV), Rodrigo Maia (DEM), Cyro Garcia (PSTU), Fernando Siqueira (PPL), Otavio Leite (PSDB) and Marcelo Freixo (PSOL). Antonil Carlos (PCO) and Mayor Eduardo Paes (PMDB), the incumbent, did not attend.
Edition: Aecio Amado
Source: Agency Brazil
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