The challenges of socio-environmental legal effectiveness in the transition from the Controlled Landfill of “Estrutural” to a Rubble Receiving Unit: social problems, water, soil and air contamination

• Autor(a) principal: de Oliveira Souza, Hiarque
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Garcia Batista Lima Moraes, Gabriela
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Estudos Empíricos em Direito
• Texto Completo: https://reedrevista.org/reed/article/view/502
• topic: Environmental law; Solid waste; Controlled; Controlled landfill; Public policy; Coregulation; Direito ambiental; Resíduos Sólidos; Aterro Controlado; Políticas Públicas; Corregulação

The closure of the Controlled Landfill in Brasília-DF, formerly “Lixão da Estrutural”, still presents challenges of socio-environmental legal effectiveness related to the waste management area. This can be seen from a diagnosis of solid waste management in the Federal District when considering the social problems faced by waste pickers and the environmental contamination promoted by the aforementioned landfill that, for decades, promoted the degradation of the local environment. The research was carried out via analysis of administrative processes related to the referred Landfill (requested from the local government via the information access system), as well as some decisions held in the local court; complemented by a bibliographic review related to scientific findings of the contamination of the area. The actions taken by the local government were evaluated, as well as compliance with the legislation related to waste, and the technical standards relevant to contamination. On the one hand, there is a finding of a chronic technological disaster related to the social and environmental issues of the referred landfill, given the different forms of contamination of soil, air, water and harmful. In addition, there are effects to the population working directly in the area and its surroundings, as well as social problems involving waste pickers and non-compliance with isolation measures. On the other hand, efforts are being made to improve waste management, by observing public policies adopted by the local government, in favor of better management of solid waste in the Federal District: these were mapped and classified according to the model proposed by Lowi, in addition to Fray and a reflection on coregulation as an important tool in waste management in the Federal District.